Words and Walking on Wednesday

Hard to believe this month is almost at an end!  It feels colder today, although while out walking with the my group this morning, I actually had to take my jacket off.  When the sun was on you it felt warm, but there was also a bit of a cold breeze nip in the air.  I  think it has got a bit colder as the day has worn on.

I went on the group walk today but didn't stop for the tea afterwards deciding to come home.  I didn't feel especially like socialising today, no real reason, just wanted to get home.  It was mostly along the roads today (well footpaths along roads) so I didn't enjoy the walk as much as the roads are quite busy.  We did go through the park on the way home, but it was straight through and we didn't get a chance to stop and enjoy it at all.  So no photos of the walk today

Little Percy has never worn a dog coat...we initially bought him one when he was younger as we were advised to, but when we put it on, he refused to move and would turn his head back to look at it either side, and then look up at us as if to say 'If you think I am going outside dressed in this, you have another thing coming.  I am a dog!  I don't wear clothes!'  It was so funny.  However, I have noticed that he has been shivering a bit when out recently so I pulled the dog coat (just a plain black, so nothing silly) out of the drawer and tried it on him again this morning and he wore it quite happily.  I think due to his illness and treatment he doesn't have the muscle tone that he used to have so feels the cold a bit more, so hopefully this will help him. 

After lunch my husband and I took the dogs for a walk over what used to be the golf club.  We have never walked the dogs there before as we didn't know it was now open to the public until recently when I started doing the group walks.  I did take some photos this afternoon as we went at a more leisurely pace enjoying the countryside.

The leaves look so pretty with the different shades.

An old World War Two Pill Box

Such a lovely place to walk.

This old tree is a survivor!  What luck it has not being in our street where the local council have cut down two beautifully healthy and perfectly formed Oak Trees.

I bet many a golf ball got lost in here!

Percy with his coat on.  It could have done with being a tad longer, but the next size up was way too big.

I wasn't sure what this was, so took photos of it.  It is wonky like this!  

Apparently it is a Coal post (or Duty Stone) of which many were erected following the Coal Duties Act of 1851.  If you travelled this way 150 years ago people would have queued up with carts loaded with coal and other supplies and would be found haggling with the tax man at these coal tax posts.

Not the best photo of Stanley by any means...it was very washed out so I had to darken it.  I am sure the settings on my camera have been changed unintentionally as this seems to be happening a lot lately. 

We got home just after four after a pleasant hour or so out.  

I forgot to mention that yesterday when we got home from having lunch out there was an email waiting for me, and finally we had the report we were waiting on.  It wasn't as in-depth as we were expecting, but it was reassuring, so hopefully now other things can progress.

No band rehearsal tonight (there wasn't one last week either) so a night in which is nice.  I won't be able to go next week either as my husband has chess (he is in a club) and we don't want to leave the dogs alone with the inevitable loud bangs of fireworks, which we have been having for the last two weeks!

Can't believe our son will be home from his latest four month tour (he is a navigator on a cruise ship)  in just over two weeks.  His wife will be thrilled to have him home, but little does he know we also have a list of jobs to get him to help us do!