If there is a wrong way to do a walk - Stu and I will find it.
Several years ago, when walking in Grizedale Forest with the kids, Stu decided the route was dull and we should take a more interesting 'shortcut'. Twenty minutes of clambering, climbing, slipping and sliding...we ended up about two feet further along from where we went 'off-piste'. Yesterday I decided we should pack a lunch and go for a walk in Clocaenog Forest - a short drive from our house. We both needed a break from the house - Stu more than me. What we didn't spot when we parked up was the side of the forest we'd chosen was pretty much out-of-bounds due to the building of a wind farm. And the forest roads were restricted to construction traffic. For health and safety reasons. Anyway - to cut a long story short - we were out for about four hours. A walk which ended in a mad half-hour scramble though huge bracken, dense forest and rather a lot of farm detritus (old fencing and posts etc.). Stu took a couple of spectacular stumbles. On his second and far-superior fall he got his foot stuck in wire, did a half-twist pike somersault and landed in a ditch. He was fine. So I could giggle. On a more general note... We had a traumatic time at the end of last week when George was attacked in the front garden. Thankfully he is recovering and gradually gaining confidence again. He still has a limp (cause unknown) and is still a little nervy at night-time. But his face is starting to heal nicely and he is almost back to normal with his eating (he is a greedy cat - he sticks his head in the packet when I try to empty it into his bowl). The vet recommended we use a Feliway diffuser to reduce his stress and to help him keep calm. I have no idea if it is doing the trick - though Mollie wouldn't move for her evening toilet trip last night. She looked decidedly stoned and would not budge from her bed. We have a shower at last (I would use an exclamation mark here - but I have a 'thing' about them. They make me agitated). The best shower ever. And as Stu pointed out - the first time either of us have owned a shower that we haven't had to climb into. The rest of the bathroom is staying as it is for now as Stu is back working on the attic room. And finally, the paddock is full of sheep poo. I swear they poo out more than they eat. Today's photo: Joe being very brave and getting up-close with some Wales creatures. (Sound effect to this photo was 'Whoah". Not the kind to stop a horse...the kind like 'Hurry up and take the photo Mum it's getting a bit too close'.)
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