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Frosty and cold with a little pale sunshine.

This was my first ever country walk since catching Covid 19, lasting from month ending November- December until January.

Today, I wrapped up warmly 3 layers of clothing, fur hat, 2 pair of socks, scarf and thick coat. Husband laughed at me saying I look like a babushka! 

Set off down my road, through the little short cut at the end of the street, I headed straight for the large park,  just past the wooded area, where here is the rear entrance to the park.

There was a  lot of birdsong up in the trees surrounding the park. I saw a lot of back gardens on this side of park, with bird tables and feeding stations in the gardens, so the birds here are well fed and never far away, sitting up in the tree tops, bordering on the park.

I go at a very slow snails pace, (my muscles hurt a lot) I think to myself,  just as long as I can make it around the park at least! After a while I began to warm up a bit and I was able to pass the tennis courts at a moderate walking speed.

Around the park there were lots of frozen puddles along the way. It has  only a grass footpath, so it is not paved at all, just a basic mud pathway. I had to dodge the obstacles of the partly frozen puddles.

Before long I had soon reached the small woodland at the far side of the park. This smelt damp and earthy, I could hear some water trickling. The paths here were completely impassable at this point, due to  the woodland footpaths being flooded.  It looked strange, like the trees were growing up out of a swamp!

Fortunately,  I was  on the upper inside park footpath so not too wet. However,  I still had to go around the puddles from the overspill from the woodlands to the park, to carry on walking through the park. It was  either that or turn back completely. I decided to carry on!

After passing the childrens empty playground area, of the swings, roundabouts and slide, I carried on walking as far as the main park entrance gate.

To extend my walk I walked even a little further on, to the far end of the village, and part way along the country lane , this passes the water way.

 There, just ahead of me,  I suddenly caught sight of  a white flash rising up - then another one. As I stopped I stood still to watch, focusing ny eyes,  as up from the banks of the dyke there arose a pair of big beautiful white heron birds.What a wonderful sight!

I wished I'd brought my camera with me!
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