A shorter walk this weekend ... I had to open up the hall for the
band leaders, so a delayed start, however also an opportunity to look further
afield and also invite Noeleen along. So we ended up at the National trust
common car park at Outwood, just across from the post mill.
The walk was essentially a circuit through the fields and back to the mill.
After negotiating the sprawling village we were into the fields ...
all had been recently harvested and lots of stubble , although there remained
the great wildlife borders.
Bertie found a pond to "wallow" in around the half way point, but was
disappointed that all the other places he looked at were dry - the summer
drought was evident all around, the paths were all baked solid. Even the shadier
parts were parched.
We came back to the windmill through a fallow field of sunflowers and other
wild planting.
So back to the van for lunch, sitting around the table and chatting
