Sort of sociable? What is it with you guys, honestly. Mr P gives a short nod and moves on. I smile and say “Hello, its a lovely day isn’t it” because we are all of a like mind and outside enjoying the walk. No cursory nods with me.:shock:
Unexpected hazards:
https://i.ibb.co/gmXbRsR/IMG-0068.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/3M5hCj1/8d-Timber-Footbridge-with-Steps-In-Woods-Damaged.jpg
I’m with you on that. Now and again some ignore us -sometimes they just have headphones and sometimes they are just rude.
What a brilliant and interesting thread, thanks for sharing it Zuludog, Stand by for ‘Incoming!’
I usually like to get off on my own and either visit some old faithful walks where I know how far it is, and where all the cafe’s are…
Or plan out something new. Although I’m not antisocial, I think you miss a lot of interesting stuff on a walk if you are in talkative company. Mrs Fox likes to chatter away incessantly, usually inquiring how far it is to the end of the walk, and will we pass any shops…
When walking locally she will always stop for a natter with someone she recognises, so it’s a polite nod from me, and off I go…
Like everyone else, last year was a washout with just local walks within five miles of home. Although we live on the edge of the country, there are only so many routes in and out of the village, and sometimes the lane is off limits due to the thigh deep mud churned up by the tractors preparing fields for the spring crops. I’ll have to have a word with the farmer and see if he can find an alternative route…
Perhaps not!
Like Surfermom, I’m getting a bit finicky about walking or running on muddy surfaces and have chosen tarmaced paths or cycle tracks during the winter to avoid the mud, but since lockdown they are very well subscribed to, so early mornings tend to be more pedestrian free, and it’s my favourite time of day anyway.
Reading about walking helps to pass the time during lockdown, and a very interesting book written by ‘The Map Man’ who suggests buying an Ordinance survey map of your local area and systematically walking all of the footpaths marked on the map. He reckons that he has learned a lot about his local area, and discovered rights of way he never knew existed. But being a postman opens one’s eyes to the secret paths and ginnels of an area…
Spitfire, that is a mighty fine dog you have there! I understand your frustration it. For reasons beyond logic, they closed down all the parks except one in my neck of the woods, forcing everyone to run, walk, and cycle in previously unseen concentrations.
That was a most frustrating encounter, but I will say that such an interesting and lovely spot must offset the less than brilliant folks likewise using the trail. Life will be better when we can reassume our own exercise patterns.
I hope you don’t let people keep your dogs have such a spectacular time!
Nice photos, Omah. I would walk the entire country as pretty as yours is!
I must confess that as much as I will go out of the way to help people and be friendly, running is one of the times that I really don’t want to interact with people. It’s not rudeness, it’s just an extraordinarily rare time that I don’t have to meet the needs of others, and an opportunity to get lost in my thoughts. Now, I will give you a wave if someone initiates a hello or nod, but otherwise, I am hidden behind my running sunglasses, and trying not to enjoy your bubble of peace either. I’ve never considered running or walking trails a social activity, but rather a rejuvenating one.
Since I was mapping the routes, I took more photos of “obstacles” than views, e.g.:
A Tight Fit:
https://i.ibb.co/HYPjkDD/18b-Stone-Squeeze-Stile-Onto-Canal-Path.jpg
A bit of a Climb:
https://i.ibb.co/hm9BS6T/IMG-1517b-Cliff-Climb.jpg
Just gorgeous!
Remind me to pack my hiking boots and backpack when I come for a visit :-D.
Perfect Omah, I wish I was there right now…
It’s beautiful Bratti I have to say you would t catch me walking through forests where I might run across a grizzly near !
Started the day off right, this weeks routine 15000 paces 8.45am-10.45am go and do a bit of driving work, Dog walk 2.00pm ish 5000 paces, general paces and afternoon job 10000 paces, that’s the way to do it.
I guess so! Keeping track for the year?
Dogs and man will need new shoes.
Blimey, that’s 14 miles a day … :shock:
Yes 98 miles a week, 434 miles a month (31 day month), 5110 miles year, the circumference of the Earth every five years or so, walk a mile in my shoes.
Well, not here but my husband and I have come across quite a few black bears during our interior camping trips while canoeing. We had one peering in a tent window. Our dog barked at it and it ran away. We’ve had them cross in front of us while on our hiking trails. It gets the blood pumping that’s for sure.
Of course we haven’t done that in a while. Canoeing and kayaking yes but not interior for weeks at a time.
Todays walk…over the railway bridge while the 11:49 from Hull to Doncaster was passing beneath…
I popped out from the wood and spotted a beautiful field of Oil seed in flower…Beware the dark skies behind though…
On to the lane and some peace and quiet after the walk down the busy A18…
Always my favourite part of the walk, and it’s the same route as my early morning five mile run…
The last part of the walk, over the railway and back home. With plenty of sunny spells and no rain, a perfect walk.
Now that looks like a lovely walk old grey fox.
Hi
Urban Walks for me when I was working.
Urban walks again when I moved back to Shrewsbury, a beautiful historic town with so much to see and explore.
How times have changed.
A walk round the local supermarket was challenging yesterday.
Thanks Bratti, the lane is just at the end of our road and it takes you right out into the country. Miles of open space and arable farmland punctuated with the occasional wood. I used to wander here as a boy and it hasn’t changed much since then.