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white_hart) wrote2019-12-15 02:08 pm
white_hart) wrote2019-12-15 02:08 pm
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Walking: the Oxford Canal and Stratfield Brake
We were going to go for a longer walk today, but it rained heavily again last night and we we worried that anything involving paths across fields would be a long, squelchy slog, so we decided to stick closer to home and just walked along the canal and through the nature reserve to Sainsbury's again.
It was a lot muddier than it was last weekend, but we knew that the only really squelchy bit of the walk would be the first bit after crossing the canal into the nature reserve, and that's only 100m or so. The forecast showers held off, and we saw a pheasant flying across the canal and a red kite flapping low over the path as we walked through the woods (I'm always surprised by just how big they are close to). It's only a short walk (just over two and a half miles) but it was good to get out in the fresh air for a bit.
It was a lot muddier than it was last weekend, but we knew that the only really squelchy bit of the walk would be the first bit after crossing the canal into the nature reserve, and that's only 100m or so. The forecast showers held off, and we saw a pheasant flying across the canal and a red kite flapping low over the path as we walked through the woods (I'm always surprised by just how big they are close to). It's only a short walk (just over two and a half miles) but it was good to get out in the fresh air for a bit.