Which is mostly dominated by mud

[ladyofastolat]

A few weeks ago, a neighbour recommended a short walk that branched off from the coastal path about 5 or 6 miles from here. Last Monday I decided to walk those familiar miles of coastal path west from Cowes, do the recommended walk, then walk back home. All went well. The recommended walk was indeed very pretty, and the weather was glorious. I

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[leesa_perrie]

That's a lot of mud!!!! And I totally don't blame you for retreating from that seaward path small stream!!!

Lovely photos, as always!

Of course, I now believe that army range may well be hiding a Gou'ald ship or two!!! Have you ever seen a Canadian wandering around the area? One with a giant ego and a penchant for getting into trouble?!! :D :D

[ladyofastolat]

I haven't, but I'll keep an eye open next time. :-D

[lindahoyland]

So much mud but a beautiful area.Thank you for sharing your walk.

[ladyofastolat]

Glad you enjoyed the pics! :-D

[puddleshark]

I am impressed by your mud. Especially that lake of mud with blackthorn on both sides so that there is no sneaking round.

...narrow, cliff-edged path being very muddy and slippery and angled towards the edge...

I hate it when the cliff path does that. Particularly the stretches where there are alarming skidmarks left by earlier walkers.

[heleninwales]

I often finding myself agreeing to walking along the coast and only ever remember when we get there that I have no head for heights and hate cliff paths.

[ladyofastolat]

Although the path on Sunday was indeed VERY close to the edge of what the notice called a cliff, it was really just a steep, scrubby slope, and unlikely to cause much harm. But elsewhere on the island, there are worrying patches where not only are you walking near the edge of the cliff, you can see the still-flattered turf of last year's path lying in shattered fragments below you. At points like that, I tend to move as far away from the edge as I can.

[ladyofastolat]

Although impressive, the mud that had been churned up by tractors wasn't actually that troublesome, to be honest. It was mostly avoidable, and it was that thick mud that doesn't penetrate the thick outer hide of the common or garden walking boot. Much worse were those fields that looked like lovely green meadows, inviting me to stride heedlessly through them, only to reveal that the grass was sitting in two inches of invisible mud-stained, boot-penetrating water.

There were loads of alarming skid marks on the clifftop mud. But it was a very tame sort of "cliff", or I wouldn't have attempted it. Even so, I was careful to keep hold of the nearby fence, just in case.

[siglinde99]

I don't know how you manage to make every single walk into such an adventure. That was a remarkable amount of mud.