Blogtober 2024 : Day 14

Ooh, it’s gone really cold today!  The sun shone but the air definitely felt colder than it has done and I think I’m going to have to think about trying to find my mittens!

We went for the dog’s favourite walk across the fields.  He seems to really love this walk, there are always plenty of smells and although it’s not the longest walk we do, his tail is always high and wagging and he’s never in a hurry to get home.

Wellies are essential for this walk at the moment.  Not only is the ground still wet from all the rain we’ve had, but the footpath never got properly reinstated after the farmer ploughed it up so walkers are back to wading through mud.

Spot the footpath!  Just past the pylon in the photo above, the footpath disappears altogether.  You can sort of see where people have been walking and this will probably end up being the path, but nobody is really being too careful about not walking all over the plants.  There’s supposed to be a 2m wide path here because it’s a church boundary but as you can see, there isn’t.  I presume the farmer isn’t that bothered otherwise you’d think he’d do something to help people stay on the path, wouldn’t you?

I’m not entirely sure what the plants are, although I think they might be mustard being grown as a green manure which means they’ll be getting ploughed into the ground at some point … and the footpath (such as it is at the time) will be gone again!  Unfortunately, I think this is just how it is for this field now. It’s such a shame, but I don’t think we’re the only place in the country where this happens!

Further on, the fields belong to a different farmer and there is a definite footpath which makes it much easier to walk along.  You can see it just to the left of the ploughed furrows.  The dog likes this path, and the fact that it’s got lots of long grass for him to roll in.  I keep thinking I’ve lost him, and then I see his legs in the air and I know he’s OK!

Those tyre tracks are huge, aren’t they?

I really like walking across these fields later in the day when the sun is starting to set, because you can see right across the fields and the stubble turns to gold.

I do appreciate how lucky we are to live close enough to fields to walk out in them whenever we want to.  A muddy footpath is hardly a big problem and I got my lovely purple wellies so it’s all good.  Happy dog, happy me 🙂