It was way too warm to walk very far. This summer has barely started and it seems to be the hottest in years. The grass is already yellow and the brook is down to a minimalist trickle. Other people enjoy the sultry conditions more than I do: there were two young couples enjoying the relative privacy of the field, with one pair getting quite “frisky”, so I had to change my route quickly to avoid walking right past them.
I found a fresh white golf ball and tried to throw it back onto the golf course, although I think it bounced off a tree instead.
I met a small ginger cat and was howled at by a big black dog. A bunch of people on deckchairs were having a picnic. There seemed too many of them for it to be a family event. Perhaps it was a church social meeting or something like that.
Miles walked: 1.85
Cats spotted: 1
Sunday 24 June 2018
Sunday 10 June 2018
10/06/18: Death and madness
Totteridge to Woodside Park along the river.
There was dragonfly lying dead on its back on the path – not something you see every day. There was also a dead pigeon at the side of road.
A female walker went past wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Blisters are in this year”.
At the café, I drank some strong coffee – not silly old decaf, for once.
On the walk back, a strange man pointed at a coat left next to a bin and said “There’s a straitjacket.” Maybe he could have used it...
Miles walked: 3.28
Cats spotted: 2
There was dragonfly lying dead on its back on the path – not something you see every day. There was also a dead pigeon at the side of road.
A female walker went past wearing a T-shirt with the slogan “Blisters are in this year”.
At the café, I drank some strong coffee – not silly old decaf, for once.
On the walk back, a strange man pointed at a coat left next to a bin and said “There’s a straitjacket.” Maybe he could have used it...
Miles walked: 3.28
Cats spotted: 2
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