Wednesday 13th May 2020, they first day of a very slight lifting of the lockdown. I could have driven as far as I wanted for a walk but instead I took Ridgedaughter on the local walk I did last week going Cockfosters, Northaw, Cuffley, Crews Hill, Cockfosters.
Previous report here
http://www.walkingforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=40277.0 So these are just additional comments and photos.
To get to any significantly more interesting countryside is quite a drive so I decided not to today.
When telling my daughter where we were going I said we would turn left at the bottom of 'the yellow field' as it is now known, but it was no longer yellow. The oilseed rape had lost its flowers.
We went wild and sat on a bench
In Northaw we even sat on a bench on the village green to eat our lunch, such exciting times we live in.
In the report when I did this walk before I posted this picture of what Mel called the gingerbread house.
Here it is again from the other side showing how it sits in the middle of the fields with just a track leading to it. The lorry just left of centre in the picture is on the M25.
'Mum, I'm thirsty and I can't reach'
'Thanks Mum'
'Don't talk with your mouth full darling'
Theobalds Farmhouse in Crews Hill. 17th century building with stunning, recently constructed, gardens which sometimes open to the public.
I mentioned in the previous report that Crews Hill is just a mass of garden centres. Last time I was here it was very quiet but today most of them were open again for the first time and you took your life in your hands crossing the road.
The golf course also had a few people playing.
A generally overcast day with a cool breeze at times. Ridgedaughter has had lots of college work recently and so has hardly been out of the house for over 2 weeks. I think this was a bit far for her as a first outing in a while.