A walk in the rain.

On Sunday morning it was still raining and the wind was quite blustery but the three of us wanted to walk, The planned walk was 6 miles but we couldn't get a taxi to drop us at the start so John relooked at a route and came up with a slightly shorter walk. We drove to the start and then walked to the point where we had finished our last walk and then walked back to the car along the same route. We started the walk from the car park at Lower Holbrook and followed the path towards the river.

There was a lot of green algae on the end of the inlet. After the large expensive boats in the marina this was a complete change, with much smaller vessels. We set off, walking into the wind and rain on the top of the sea wall. There were a lot of birds on the water and John was soon quite a distance behind us as he checked out the different species. By the end of the walk he had an impressive list of birds he'd seen. Lucy and I enjoyed chatting to each other and battling the weather.

Along the way we saw the Royal Hospital school in the distance.

This shows the front of the main building which overlooks the sports fields of the school. The school was nicknamed 'the cradle of the Navy'. It's a co-educational day and boarding school with naval traditions. You can read about the school's history HERE .  We got a closer look at the school  further on in the walk.

After a very chilly walk alongside the water we turned inland to walk past a private residency with lamas in the field. Annoyingly they wouldn't look up to give a good photo as they were intent on eating acorns. We followed the path past the school playing fields and then though a private garden. It led us to a church at Stutton. The church is pretty and set in a well laid out grave yard.

I thought when I took the first photo that the weather vane at the top of the tower was wonky and it is definitely leaning in the second photo. Several of the trees had beautiful autumnal leaves.

We had a look inside and there were several stained glass window. I particularly liked this one. The other windows had more traditional designs.

We had reached the point where we needed to turn round and head back to the car. It was much quicker on the way back as we had the wind behind us. Again John spent some time bird watching, it's always good when you can combine two hobbies.

Back at the car we enjoyed a warming cup of hot chocolate before driving home. We had enjoyed our weekend away even though it was so wet.

Today I went into the university for the first day of the new academic year. It felt a little scary after 6 months teaching on line. It was the students first day of the course and they were a nice group of people. They were more than happy with the way the room was laid out so they were totally distanced and several of them kept their masks on all day.

This evening I worked on my crochet and spent a little time considering my monthly goal for October. I'm teaching face to face tomorrow and Thursday and then I have a three day weekend of sewing. I need to restock on thread before then and maybe some fabric. I'm near a quilt shop tomorrow  so I'll make sure I'm all ready for my stitching weekend.

Take care

Lyndsey