Happiness

There’s no other way to describe how I’m feeling right now, an hours walk and here I am sat on top of Fontmell Down looking over the stunning views of the Blackmore Vale. Ahhhh total bliss! 

The farther dark hill you can see in the picture (centre right) the Duncliffe Hill which is mentioned in the Doomsday Book.  The village on the far left in Fontmell Magna. 

The sun is trying to burn through the hazy sky and it’s warm with a gentle breeze. 

I’m so lucky to have a couple of hours to spend here. It’s just beautiful. There are no cars or people to be seen just the call of a buzzard, some buzzy insect sounds and the whirring of a small plane in the distance. 

There’s nothing else to say so I am going to sign off..munch on some bourbon biscuits and laze around with a huge feeling or contentment and smugness 🙂 

Oh nearly forgot..look at this awesome Beech tree with some silvery fungi growing off it..the fairies must live there! 

#beautifulengland #fontmelldown #nature #trees #livinglife 

Topping up my soul with the love of nature

I have had no car now for a few weeks and whilst at times it can be infuriating that I can’t just nip out at the drop of a hat, most of the time it feels deeply satisfying that one, I’m slightly saving the planet and two, I find myself seeing and doing things I wouldn’t normally give myself time to do.

My toddler, Ethan, goes to pre school in a village which is a couple of miles away. We walk there..well, I walk and ethan goes in a buggy which he doesn’t nornally do but the journey is too long for his little legs even though he’s generally a good walker. I then have 3 hours to pass. I’ve often just run home but it’s hard going as it’s over 10 miles by the time I’ve done the return journey.
I have sat in the local pub garden before with a book but today I decided to walk off and find a tree to sit under and eat my sandwiches and to write.

I followed a footpath, walked across a couple fields and there it was..a small gathering a trees and a beautiful old Ash tree calling me to sit under its vast branches and protect me from the autumnal elements. Strange how it’s almost as I had envisaged even though I have ever never been here before!

I’ve been sat here for about an hour .. just listening to the sounds, absorbing the environment. It’s actually quite noisy although incredibly peaceful. I can hear traffic in the distance..i can almost hear the speed of their lives while time here, under this tree, is meandering slowly like a summers river with no urgency to reach the sea.

There are sheep not far from me who are staring at me probably wondering what the hell I’m doing. I guess not many humans just come and sit here alone. Funny inquisitive creatures they are!

So many bird sounds and although my aging eyes are struggling to identify it I think there is a partridge just chilling in the grass a few feet away.

I wish I was a competent writer to be able to explain just how beautiful it is..to just stop and watch and listen. I’m surrounded by life and yet I’m the only person here.

#beautifulengland #nature #trees #walking #postaday