Lockdown, Day #113
I had quite a long walk in the end; it took up most of my day.
It was unfortunate that I had to do the walk alone, but it wasn't too bad.
Some fields near to the start of the walk.
This was a weird moment; about five minutes before I'd seen the sheep going the other way, then I heard a lot of whistling, shouting and horn sounds; it sounded like a protest or rally, and then I saw the sheep being herded the other way by a man on a sort of mini tractor, and a man in a jeep.
Then, the jeep began reversing quite fast and I stopped, because I wasn't even sure if the driver was looking where he was going, and I thought I'd get flattened, but then he looked out of his window and started shouting "The footpath is over there"; the footpath was over to the right of where I was, walking across the field thinking the way out was ahead.
Yeah, it wasn't entirely obvious walking through the first time.
I took this after deviating from the planned route, upon finding a gate that was chained shut; I decided it probably wasn't going to be a good idea to just ignore a gate that was probably locked for a reason, despite of it being on a public footpath (I have reported it to the Local Authority; I don't know if anything will be done).
I got a lift to the starting point, but decided to walk home. This did lead to a few social distancing nightmares; a large group of people, who may or may not have been a big family unit walked past at one point, and I had to stand to one side, getting no words of thanks from any of them.
As I passed the lavender farm, I saw two women and four kids coming the other way. They were going slow, and taking up the whole footpath. I politely stood to one side, only for them to faf around; they stopped, argued a bit, and then decided to take a photograph. None of them was too interested in moving over to one side, or even distancing; I'm not even sure if they spotted me.
There was also a man who I heard coughing before I saw him - I gave him an extra wide berth.
I'm just recovering from the walk now.
It was unfortunate that I had to do the walk alone, but it wasn't too bad.
Some fields near to the start of the walk.
This was a weird moment; about five minutes before I'd seen the sheep going the other way, then I heard a lot of whistling, shouting and horn sounds; it sounded like a protest or rally, and then I saw the sheep being herded the other way by a man on a sort of mini tractor, and a man in a jeep.
Then, the jeep began reversing quite fast and I stopped, because I wasn't even sure if the driver was looking where he was going, and I thought I'd get flattened, but then he looked out of his window and started shouting "The footpath is over there"; the footpath was over to the right of where I was, walking across the field thinking the way out was ahead.
Yeah, it wasn't entirely obvious walking through the first time.
I took this after deviating from the planned route, upon finding a gate that was chained shut; I decided it probably wasn't going to be a good idea to just ignore a gate that was probably locked for a reason, despite of it being on a public footpath (I have reported it to the Local Authority; I don't know if anything will be done).
I got a lift to the starting point, but decided to walk home. This did lead to a few social distancing nightmares; a large group of people, who may or may not have been a big family unit walked past at one point, and I had to stand to one side, getting no words of thanks from any of them.
As I passed the lavender farm, I saw two women and four kids coming the other way. They were going slow, and taking up the whole footpath. I politely stood to one side, only for them to faf around; they stopped, argued a bit, and then decided to take a photograph. None of them was too interested in moving over to one side, or even distancing; I'm not even sure if they spotted me.
There was also a man who I heard coughing before I saw him - I gave him an extra wide berth.
I'm just recovering from the walk now.