Walking

Last weekend the weather especially good for walking. Our usual day is a Sunday, we don’t have any commitments so we can pack a few drinks & sandwiches and off to go. We set off at 1.pm minus the dogs, we had planned to walk to the next Town (3 ½ miles) then bus it back home, but the dogs were left in the garden and I just felt so guilty leaving them, I'm not bothered on a weekday when we normally do that trip, but I didn't plan on shopping, and there wasn’t a good reason to go so we turned back and got them!..

We set off again and decided to go to Barry-sidings, it’s a usual haunt of ours, there’s so much wildlife around and on sunny days its so invigorating. We found an empty bench and ate our lunch, there were lots of people around so it was good to sit watch the world go by.  Then Jeff said how about going up through the Forestry and see where it takes us, we did that walk last year from the opposite way, so this time it was going to be a harder walk as we had a longer climb.  Once you get up to the top its like you are in a different world, no traffic noise, just the bird song and  wonderful views, we did see a rabbit darting across the path ahead, but other than that we didn’t see another soul, last year we took Bailey with us, and he did really well for a 5 year old. We got home at about 4.30, and except for the stop to eat (20 mins) we had walked the whole time we were out, I was aching a bit when we got home but I felt better for being out doors, it was a cloudy day, so not too hot, in fact it made the walk easier.

The next morning (Monday) we decided to walk to the next town to do some shopping, then bus it back, just before we set off Julia & Bailey turned up, Bailey decided to join us on our walk, then he changed his mind and then back again!..We warned him once we set off there’s no changing minds and turning back, he said OK and we set off.  It was a warmer day with hot sunshine, but we kept a steady walk and arrived in the next town in 1 & ¼  hours, we normally take 55 mins, so that wasn’t too bad.  We hit the shops, I just needed a few things, but we ended buying pasties from a café and a few cola’s to drink and ate those before we did any shopping, I forgot the impact of coca-cola on a 6 year old,  and it wasn’t pleasant!..Bailey just can’t keep still after drinking it, I was fed up of hearing myself saying ‘Don’t touch’…‘hold Jeff’s hand’…‘Bailey come here’…I think the next time we decide to go shopping it will be minus any kids!….

Tomorrow we have Bailey here again so we have decided on another walk, this time to a place called “Llanwonno”, it’s a mountain climb again, but its well worth the effort, this will depend on the weather tomorrow, its suppose to be cloud and sun, I’m hoping its not too sunny as cloudy and up mountains will be more comfortable. I will post some pictures so you can see the climb and the place we end up!