Last Night, I Got The Urge To Walk Awhile!:)

Our sunset is earlier than that in the Winter, but during the Summer, or at this particular time, it's around 8.45 p.m., so the evenings are quite long.

It was a lovely way to spend the evening, and we were quite safe there, as there were nine of us walking together. I enjoyed sitting down every now and again, and admiring the view to the South Downs. The evening was warm and balmy, which made it even more enjoyable.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my friend. xx

Yes, I'm lucky enough to live in a very rural area. I love the evening tranquility of it all. Your wish to backpack around all the parks in your town sounds very enjoyable and I'm sure you'll manage to do it some time. I also like the way the cities and towns are trying to add a bit of "green" and natural surroundings into their areas. Crawley, where my son lives, is a large town, and ever growing because of the nearby Gatwick Airport, but all the streets are lined with trees, and trees are planted in paving areas in the town itself, which I think makes it a much better place to be than these concrete jungles we have to endure whilst shopping.

I love the sun setting over the sea, when it casts an amber path across the water... beautiful. Brightest Blessings, my friend and thank you for your contribution. xx

Yes, it was exactly that... the sound of summer echoing on the still, evening air. Wonderful!

I often go up onto the South Downs and just sit, taking in the world below... if you sit up on Devil's D*ke, you can see and hear the guys playing cricket in Poynings, and you can watch the hang gliders peacefully floating on the currents, the trains crawling out of Clayton tunnel and weaving their way across the Weald, and the planes, silently taking off and landing at Gatwick. Beyond that, the North Downs stand majestically closing off the Weald. If you turn and face south, you can feel the wind on you face, and see the ocean's sparkle in the sunlight. Boats will be drifting silently across the horizon, and Brighton Racecourse is visible to the east. I love the Downs, especially when I need to find myself, and think my life out a little.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution, my friend. xx

Hmmm... I've seen the Lime Burner signed up in Wisborough Green! Is it a way from your place? If it's the one I'm thinking about, it's quite a trek for you, I would think, but you make it sound a lovely walk, for a Summer evening... two miles, ah yes, that would figure!

Dogs and cows don't mix my friend. I found that out in Yorkshire, when the cows all came for us because Toby, my brother's dog was barking, and they had calves to protect. It was a pretty hairy experience as Toby is quite a large dog and if he makes his mind up to stand fast, he's difficult to move... golden labrador!

Yes, Mother Nature has gifted us with one very beautiful, natural gift, which next to life itself, is the most treasured gift we have. Brightest Blessings my dear friend and thank you for your contribution. xxx

Hi Darkwing the Limeburners is the one you are thinking of..it is a trek but it is lovely peaceful and serene on a summers day...when able I love to walk over there and when my grandson is with me as he hates the cowpats my friends shoulders were the best place for him but he could see everywhere and admire Mother Natures beauty as for my dogs they were very good and calm they didn't bark at all and juat walked beside me on their leads bright blessings littleowl

I agree, the Limeburners is in an excellent location. I've never been in there, but had to go down and have a nosy around... you know me! lol.

I would imagine your grandson really enjoyed the shoulder ride... kids do love that sort of thing, and being able to see all around him. xxx

Well, it wasn't the usual, longer walk, but I enjoyed it nevertheless. I thought some of you regular readers of my discussions might enjoy it, which is why I put it in. So many of you keep asking! lol.

Thank you for the compliment... I enjoy the company of all of you here at Mylot too, and hope there are many more occasions when we can walk together in our minds. Brightest Blessings, my dear friend. xxx

Awwwwww... I'm sorry Spark. I know how you long to come here and set up home, but I thought I'd share this with my friends, as I haven't walked much of late with all of you. Tell me... do you have roots here, my friend?

Ambling around your garden and sitting on the arbor bench sounds great to me. I do that often, myself and the garden is so lovely at this time of year.


Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. xx

I'll get there one day Darkwing - me and Gabs have a date to descend on mummymo to party in her loft! LOL You are more than welcome to join us - in fact you'd better! LOL
My roots are actually in Ireland, but my heart belongs to Jolly Old. I"ve been there before and I long to go back. Don't know why Ireland doesn't have the same siren call for me...........!

Now, I don't think I have the strength to get up into Mummymo's loft, especially after travelling that distance. I'm in the south of the island and she's way up north! lol. I have some friends coming over next year, from Canada, who have Irish as well as London roots. I'm looking forward to meeting them, but I don't know whether I can travel the distances they're talking about! lol. She certainly has some big ideas, and I don't think she realises how long her planned journey will take! I mean... she's suggesting from Stonehenge to Ireland and back, in a day!!! Now, I might manage Stonehenge in a day, Avebury in another day, and then perhaps, two days to Ireland and back... then there's York, London and somewhere else she wanted to go! ha ha ha.

We'll see! xxx

Oh Darkwing that is too funny because we Canadians are always laughing at Americans and Brits who come here and can't understand why it takes more than a day to go from Montreal (in the east) to Edmonton (over 4,500 miles) in the west! LOL
And mummymo says she'll putting in a lift to the loft as we are ALL too decrepit to make it up on our own! ROFL

Ha ha ha! I should think so too, but suspect that her partner will be the one doing the work!

Yes, I realise, having visited, how vast the States are. Crikey, one of your States is as big as our country. Nevertheless, to travel from the West Country to Liverpool, and over the sea to Ireland... the far side of Ireland, I might add, would take at least two to three days, unless she wanted to travel by plane of course. I prefer travelling across land and sea, so I don't miss a darned thing... planes are out unless going a mightly long way.

Actually Darkwing, here in Canada, we call them Provinces, not States and ALL of them except for 2 I think, are bigger than Britain (excluding Ireland). In fact, our country is bigger than the United States combined (excluding Alaska). We are a huge country full of people (well 1/3rd full, lol) with huge hearts. That's why England wants to keep us as a colony. LOL

Lol... yeah, ok! I think most of your citizens' roots are here, and those who are not, hail from France. I know your country is bigger than the States, and you provinces are very large.

Awwwwww, I'm sorry that you're still have problems Elic, but from time to time, I write of my walks in here, in a way that my Mylot friends can join me and enjoy them too, so please, if you ever feel like a break from the norm, join us sometime, my friend.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. I hope you find some relief with your foot problem sometime soon. xx

Oh, I enjoy your walks a LOT! Heck, if I lived in a place where I could walk and breathe at the same times, can't even sit and breathe in this heat, I might walk anyway. Since the middle of May, the only day it BARELY hit 90 was Thursday July 24th, because of huricane Dolly - other than that - its been in the upper 90's or over 100º. That's too hot to even move!

Yes, that would be far too hot for me too. Even the eighties is too hot for me. That's what I like about my country... although it's been quite hot and the air too thin for the past two or three days, we rarely go above the eighties, and we have a nice breeze quite often, especially on the hills.

You have beauty around you too, my friend. I'm just sharing some of my countryside with you, but I'm sure you can find the same beauty in your own country, without travelling thousands of miles. When I visited Oregon, I went up into the Columbia Gorge one day... spent a whole day there. What a beautiful area, and so dramatic. I visited Multomah Falls, which has its legend about the Native Princess, the Clarke and Lewis Museum which was fairly new back then, and I enjoyed it immensely. We didn't actually visit Mount Hood, as our experience of Crater Lake was that there was about four foot of snow and heavy snowfall obliterating our view. This was in October! Nevertheless, I really enjoyed the scenery and dramatic backdrop of nature there, so although I believe England to be a beautiful and historic place, don't let me take away from the beauty and history of your own land, my friend.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution. xx

Sorry for typo... Multnomah Falls.

No problem on the spelling I knew where ya meant .
and I know there is beauty here in this country just the senery around here is not green.
I do love to get out at night and see all the lights!Like Christmas all the time here.
The mountains around have no trees.
just some brush and very sparuse (sp) at that
WE have gone up to the Valley of Fire all red rocks and its amazing at how the wind and rain have shaped the rocks,and its about 40 miles out of town and ya drive thru the hills till ya get there the hills have very little green just the brush sometimes you can spot a flower or 2 along the way. then while driving you can see the red rocks appearing up out of the desert then you can drive on thru on a blacktop or take side trips on dirt roads and we found a place where we could camp I think they throw parties there too.
but it would be a very dry camp no water in site.

Yes, I suppose living in a hot part of the country, or desert area, there would be little green. There are places in the States where there is a bit more green though. I love those red rock which take on shapes. A friend sent me some pics of the National Park in Arizona once after visiting with his family. I looked quite closely at the red and sand-coloured rocks and could see spirit-like shapes in them. Amazing!

yes very amazing . I have always wanted to go to mesa verde to see the pueblos but dont know if I will ever get there.

Keep your dreams, my friend, and you'll make it someday! xxx

Oh I will never dount that but I do hope it is soon lol

Me too, my friend. xx

thanks!

Yes, Nature is a great healer for a troubled mind. It gives one such a feeling of tranquility and wonder. I see your daughter loves to walk too... that's a good thing in this day and age, and I hope you'll enjoy many years of walking together, my friend.

Brightest Blessings and thank you for your contribution.

I agree... I don't like to walk when it's very hot either. I prefer morning or evening, and if it's still pretty hot, I like to walk in the shade of the trees in the woods, or up on the hills, where there's a breeze always coming off the sea.

Brightest Blessings, and thank you for your contribution.