After too long a gap I went on an actual walk today rather than just a walk into town for an appointment or to visit the shops.
It was just one of my classic walks from my house and I wouldn’t necessarily have included it if it hadn’t been for one major aspect.
Having had a break for a few different activities after Madeira I then had a rather nondescript week and having made myself go out for a walk I realised how much better and positive I felt.
So I walked down the lane and as I neared the end everything looked wrong and bare. To say I was taken aback doesn’t really explain my amazement- all of the trees in ‘Conker Alley’ were gone!!
Further along there was a large lorry and a machine shredding tree trunks quite daunting to walk passed.
Then on passed the stables, ‘Best Mate’ and round to Lockinge Church. Some amazing autumn colour.
Some of my favourite trees as I head towards Barton House and Ardington. A swan posing as if it knew I was coming by and then a rather glorious brown bullock.
I decided that as I felt quite invigorated by being out that I would continue my walk to complete the circuit but not include going up to the stones as it would be getting rather dusky when I returned to ‘Conker Alley – no more!’ I knew that if I had to walk up on the bank that there was quite a lot of debris and bits of branch as well as conkers.
It still came as a bit of a shock as I approached from the far end on my way home. Yes there may have been some disease and a branch or two had fallen during a recent storm but this action did seem a little extreme.
Good land management or just avoiding litigation ?
Much to my shame I realised I hadn’t taken an actual picture of the lane since March 2020 – such a familiar site I had taken it for granted.
So my walk today was one I had done on several occasions and was about 7.5 kilometres but was different in a rather unusual way!
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