Rambling
Hawthorn blooming in the Hope Valley This has been the driest spring of my life. It's not just me saying that - it's meteorologists too. And today - Monday May 12th was another gorgeous day. With my blood flagging up diabetes like a flashing light on a police car, I need to keep getting out exercising which for me can only mean walking. At one o'clock in the afternoon, I parked Clint at Leadmill near Hathersage and set off on a two hour walk that took me to Mount Pleasant Farm, High Low, Offerton Hall and then back down to the Derwent riverside path that led me all the way back to Leadmill. The old dove cote at High Low Hall I was wearing blue shorts, my Panama City Beach T-shirt, sturdy walking boots and faded sunhat. I also took along a litre of tap water, an apple and my camera which provided the five photos that accompany this blogpost. The afternoon walk ended in "The Plough Inn" where I treated myself to a pint of cold bitter shandy. Mmmm...lovely....