A satisfying afternoon

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Yesterday was a very dull, grey day. Like being inside a big cloud. All day there was no sunshine and even though it wasn’t actually raining, the air was full of water drops. Today was quite a contrast - colder, but blue sky and sunshine! I decided to seize the chance to get out on my bike, and cycled over to a friend’s house to drop off a parcel. It’s only a couple of miles but I can take the scenic route along the river, over the lock and then up through a little village. It was a bit chilly as I set out but I had my fleecy gloves. Along the river bank I passed quite a lot of people out for a walk, and several of them were photographing the picturesque river, the reflections on the water, the gulls perched on posts… It was a lovely ride, only spoiled by seeing litter dropped here and there along the route. Why do people do that? I resolved to do something about it on my way back once I had completed my errands. So on the way home I watched out for the bits and pieces I had seen, and stopped to pick them up. Luckily I had some spare plastic bags with me, because of course the more I looked, the more I found. By the time I got back onto the main road I had filled my bicycle basket (luckily I have two). I stuffed a bag of random litter into a waste bin on the roadside, but the glass and plastic bottles and the cans I brought home, rinsed out, and dropped in our recycling bin. So after that I felt I had done my good deed for the day! And had a very pleasant outing and a bit of exercise too. All rights reserved. © Text and image copyright Fleur 2020.