The Adventures of Clair and Bert!

Following on from my last post, I then had a convo with my Mum. She asked me how I was doing and I explained that I wasn’t having such a good day. She wisely pointed out that I hadn’t gotten out much over the last few days and seeing as the sun was shining, why don’t I go out for a walk? Blow the cobwebs out so to speak. Score one for honesty! Go me!

I thought that it was an excellent idea so I grabbed my phone (for pics) and set out to explore.

Gorgeous day, sunny and breezy. I turned off the road and onto a dirt path that I really hadn’t noticed before.

The path was pretty steep and closed in on both sides with hedgerows. In fact the more I walked the steeper and skinnier it got!

Have to admit there was a time when I thought I might turn for fear of not getting my decidedly unskinny behind through! But I kept plodding.

Glad I did because I saw that there was sunlight at the top of the path!

Kept walking and then…. payoff!

It was a little ‘junction’ if you will, leading off to two fields and more pathway. This is the view from the opposite direction.

I hoiked myself up and into the clearing at the base of the trees.

 

 

It was then that I came across this little guy!

I decided to adopt Bert and take him on the rest of my walk with me. He didn’t object. Btw, Bert is about 20cm long. From the scale of the pic he looks like another tree!

So Bert and I continued our walk down the widening path.

I was wandering along, looking at the ground when I stopped dead in my tracks because this little beauty was taking a break on one of the stones in the path.

He then flew around me for a minute or two before coming to rest on the plants at the side.

Lovely!

We wandered down the track until we saw the beginning of civilisation again (car!) so then turned back and started heading for home.

Twas a lovely hours walk. The only thing that made me have a little grump was one of my pet hates. This is over the road from my house.

Grrr.

So now we’re home and Bert seems to be settling in nicely!

I feel so much better having gone out and stretched my legs. Stretched being the operative word as I’m going to feel all that uphill walking tomorrow!

I have a feeling that Bert is going to be a peaceful housemate, not sure how Sophie the human cat is going to take it. We shall see!