Monday 2nd November - I accidentally...
...went to the seaside. What I really did was a dash to Ikea when I realised they'd nearly sold out of the table I wanted for my office shed desk with only three days until lockdown, and then on the way back I caught a glimpse of blue on the satnav and realised how close I was, and then... this happened. *g* 
I had thought I might find something for lunch, but then I saw the ice cream stand still open, and then malteser and coffee ice cream happened instead. *g* That's not two ice creams, it's the same one (I'm not that bad!) - but I loved the sunny skies on one side and the rather threatening glower on the other!
Which led to a rainbow. *g*
I was particularly impressed with the two women who went swimming!
The glowering got increasingly gloomy though, until we were being rained on. But it soon passed, leaving things even prettier...
And look at the colour of the sea! Washed down from the cliffs, I suppose, and somehow rather stunning to see.
Loved the colour of the cliffs!
Loved these chaps, too. *g*
Sadly I couldn't stay long, because it was my night for foodsaving, and so I headed in a generally homeward direction... and then took a detour when I saw the signpost for Blackberry Camp, because I've been there when it was carpetted with bluebells, and I wondered what it would look like in the autumn. I accidentally went past it, but it was down this road, so not a sorrow...
And I somehow managed to loop back around to it anyway, so that worked out even better. And it was just as magical as I remembered, although the colours were different... *g*
It's very atmospheric too - it was once a hillfort, and you can feel it somehow. The Hooded Man (Robin, Robin...) could have stepped out from behind any tree...
And then I really did have to head home and unload my various purchases, and go foodsaving - but tired though I was, it was so refreshing! I'd been planning to venture out come November-ish when I figured the diseased hordes might be staying home a bit more in the cold - only to find I'd left it too late and been gazzumped by Bojo, so I'm glad I snatched these few hours. I'm hoping to manage a bit more wandering on Wednesday, but then that will be it for quite some while...
I had thought I might find something for lunch, but then I saw the ice cream stand still open, and then malteser and coffee ice cream happened instead. *g* That's not two ice creams, it's the same one (I'm not that bad!) - but I loved the sunny skies on one side and the rather threatening glower on the other!
Which led to a rainbow. *g*
I was particularly impressed with the two women who went swimming!
The glowering got increasingly gloomy though, until we were being rained on. But it soon passed, leaving things even prettier...
And look at the colour of the sea! Washed down from the cliffs, I suppose, and somehow rather stunning to see.
Loved the colour of the cliffs!
Loved these chaps, too. *g*
Sadly I couldn't stay long, because it was my night for foodsaving, and so I headed in a generally homeward direction... and then took a detour when I saw the signpost for Blackberry Camp, because I've been there when it was carpetted with bluebells, and I wondered what it would look like in the autumn. I accidentally went past it, but it was down this road, so not a sorrow...
And I somehow managed to loop back around to it anyway, so that worked out even better. And it was just as magical as I remembered, although the colours were different... *g*
It's very atmospheric too - it was once a hillfort, and you can feel it somehow. The Hooded Man (Robin, Robin...) could have stepped out from behind any tree...
And then I really did have to head home and unload my various purchases, and go foodsaving - but tired though I was, it was so refreshing! I'd been planning to venture out come November-ish when I figured the diseased hordes might be staying home a bit more in the cold - only to find I'd left it too late and been gazzumped by Bojo, so I'm glad I snatched these few hours. I'm hoping to manage a bit more wandering on Wednesday, but then that will be it for quite some while...