A sunny, albeit rather windy walk along the estuary for Wednesday morning. There was a need to leave the house. The builders were banging away. wfh was proving to be problematic. And so we strolled out instead to the end of the world, aka Alresford Creek. Solace was within reach.
The estuary footpath was relatively quiet. We did have to make way for what is the biggest dog in Weird Wiv to pass through. We’ve clocked the fella before whilst plating wiff waffle. He’s the size of a medium rhino.
This didn’t feel like a mid-April walk. The conditions were incredibly dry. It would have been possible for even the most OCD-obsessed runner (OH HAI!) to run along the trail and towards the Creek. Usually I wouldn’t attempt this until late May. Injury is keeping me away, for now.
It was also radiantly green everywhere. Spring has truly sprung in Weird Wiv. The landscape is also changing. One of the big private houses overlooking the estuary has undergone a spot of gardening for the first time in at least fifteen years. Tress have been felled, brambles have been pulled back. There’s even a ditch that has been dug to run off the rain water.
The highlight of the short walk was being startled by a little lizard. At least I think it was a lizard. I didn’t hang around to get a closer look. SHOUT OUT to Flat Bloke, as ever.
