Walkies
Went for a hike with the parents today. Must've been out pushing five hours, and I am thusly knackered. It was enjoyable, but I'm seriously out of practice.
A few fun/interesting episodes:
My dad telling a very excitable, hyperactive little dog that she'd 'eaten too many smarties'.
Mum pointing out a building we were passing as 'a huge palace-like thing that wasn't there last time we came down here'. I had a peer through the trees, and sure enough, I saw a building about the size of two and a bit three bedroom houses stuck together, quite tastefully done in a stately-home style... and then I saw a bit more as I moved further and realised that was the gatehouse...
Coming across a little memorial stone dedicated to '4 unknown german airmen, 23 August 1940'. It was obviously quite new, and just sitting there in the middle of nowhere by the side of a footpath. To me, I think it's quiet little things like that that have more impact than all the fanfares and parades and wreaths put together.
A few fun/interesting episodes:
My dad telling a very excitable, hyperactive little dog that she'd 'eaten too many smarties'.
Mum pointing out a building we were passing as 'a huge palace-like thing that wasn't there last time we came down here'. I had a peer through the trees, and sure enough, I saw a building about the size of two and a bit three bedroom houses stuck together, quite tastefully done in a stately-home style... and then I saw a bit more as I moved further and realised that was the gatehouse...
Coming across a little memorial stone dedicated to '4 unknown german airmen, 23 August 1940'. It was obviously quite new, and just sitting there in the middle of nowhere by the side of a footpath. To me, I think it's quiet little things like that that have more impact than all the fanfares and parades and wreaths put together.