A 13 mile day today, but it seemed longer. We started out in a light rain, but rain turned out not to be the problem with the weather today. It was the wind. The 50-60 mph winds that were forecast really happened.
A couple of times today the route followed long open areas on top of the ridge open to the southwest, where the winds were coming from. Blowing hard enough to make it an effort to walk into it. In the wooded areas we walked through, the path was typically And in the wooded areas we walked through, the path was typically littered with leaves, branches and small limbs, with more limbs cracking in the trees overhead.
But there were some great views.
Got into Uley at the Old Crown late in the afternoon. This place feels like a local pub, which it is. The pub was filled this evening (Friday night), while I had beef and Uley ale pie and Guinness, while Marty had lasagna (a pub food staple) and worked his way through the local ales.
Great picture of you dad! What a neat old stone path marker. And in the last pic you can tell how windy it was.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Babe. Papers today are calling it a once in ten years weather event. So glad we could be a part of it.
DeleteNice shots, see you made friends with some cows. How come you're in focus and Marty seems a little blurry - no wait, he seems blurry on the golf course sometimes too. Looks like the wind is really something.
ReplyDeleteMaybe it's because Marty never stops moving. I do.
DeleteHey Alan,
ReplyDeleteIt's Jason. Great picture of those Belted Galloway's.
Hey, Hi. Jason! Belted Galloway's! That was right on the tip of my tongue!
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