Tales of the Riverbank

Hello. Yesterday was rather blustery, very blustery in fact. It was a good time to get out and blow the cobwebs off. There are large flat areas next to the river where the wind can whip across the water sending waves crashing into the banks. So off I went, well wrapped up. 

There is an elevated bank which I think was originally built as a defence against flooding. It works pretty well most of the time, except for a few years ago when there was an unusual tidal surge due to days of massive rainfall which caused the water level to raise dramatically.

That's the way out to sea, if you are in a boat. 

It's an ideal place for horse riders. 

Can you see me mother. Brrrrr, it's windy but not cold, and I am walking straight into it.  At least it's not raining and wet.  

Not such a dramatic sunset, but an interesting cloud formation. 

I am snap happy. If you carry a camera you always have a hobby. Up loading them to the computer when you get back and sorting them out, is fun.

I walked all the way along the bank to the fence at the Industrial Estate, then I could go no further. I could have chosen a different route back but I know it is muddy, so I stayed on the dry grass and turned around. At least going back the same way meant that the wind was now behind me. 

This is the same lady on her horse that I saw the other day, when she posed for me. 

Daylight is beginning to fade, and so am I. My stomach is rumbling, I need food. 

The lights are going on. 

It was 6pm when I got back, I was out for three hours. I find it so satisfying to collapse in a chair knowing that it was time well spent. The cobwebs were well and truly blown off. Six miles walked as checked on bikehike.co.uk

Today is looking a bit calmer, I think I will have an hour or two in the garden. Enjoy your Sunday. Catch ya later. Toodle pip.  ilona