The Great Outdoors

 We have been trying to get outside as much as we can while the weather is still pleasant, the hedges are still full and the nights are light.

This is the Lawley in south Shropshire, the hill you see from our house when I show you the view. We tried to find our house from the top but we could only see the general direction rather than our actual home.

At the top there is a 360 degree vista of glorious Shropshire countryside.

It is one of those walks where you think you are at the top, then there is another little hill...

...but it is not strenuous or too steep, just a lovely Sunday walk. 

We roped in a fellow walker to take a family shot. 

It has been a bit more rainy of late but walking with the dog is one of life's little pleasures which we will be indulging in this week while we are on a half term break.

Jo x

Remote and unusual

What fantastic weather, I bet we all say that in our blog posts this week! We walked up Brown Clee which is Shropshire's highest point but jeepers it was windy...

Then on the way back along the wiggly roads we spotted this...

and I thought it says a lot about why I love to live in Shropshire. Jo xxx

Stop Press: holiday

We are all off on holiday for a week or so to Dorset in the UK. Beachcombing, eating cake in cafes, visiting National Trust houses, soaking up some history, geocaching and generally laying
down some memories. 

See you all soon Jo xx

 

 

I know, what is the person in the front doing? More to the point, what do the girls think is happening!

 

Muddy walks

The weather has been lovely here and it has really brought people out. We love going geocaching but have not been lately with it either being wet, snowy or way to muddy for little wellies.

In a nutshell geocaching is when you collect a set of co-ordinates from this website and you use a GPS or your snazzy phone to find a location somewhere in the world. When you get there you will find a box, container or cache and you sign it to say you have been successful in your hunt for treasure! They can be very well hidden but great fun to find.

We found four today, taking us to 194 found since we started 5 years ago but that is pretty slow compared to some hardcore geocachers. We introduced some friends to it today and they found some around their new house. This one was very cleverly hidden inside a log but Big Sis spotted it. It is a great way to motivate the children on a walk, they both walked for over 2 hours today.

We spotted lovely things on the way too... like these:

 

and this orange peel fungus:

 

 

I am a bit obsessed with photographing fungi, in fact I keep a little scrapbook of all the ones I have spotted - I know, I know, we are all different, but more of that madness in the Autumn!

 

 

It's a stay at home day tomorrow so maybe sometime for some yarn craft - well that's what I am planning anyway.

 

Enjoy the weather. Jo xxxxxxxx