Two weeks into the new year; so far I’m refraining from using Facebook. Of course, my twitter and Google+ use is increasing, but as they seem slightly more impersonal than Facebook, they don’t seem to demand quite so much attention.
So what have I been doing with my Facebook-free attention? Well, last weekend I went paddling. Officially walking – but 13.5 miles along the Kennet & Avon canal towpath in very, VERY waterlogged conditions, meant that paddling was the net result. Or even wading.
The several swans I emptied out of my boots illustrated just how heavy some of the over flow was. At the deepest point (on the path, bear in mind), the water was knee deep. And cold. Very cold. Have I mentioned how cold it was? Despite the high water levels, resulting from several days of very heavy rain, the sun shone throughout the walk – well, until it set, anyway – and the scenery was fantastic, as some of these photographs show. And I’m over the trenchfoot now. The next walk will be shorter, but over some hills, so flood-free. Mud-free, however, may be a different matter...
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I also visited Milestones Museum in Basingstoke, for the first time ever – and thanks to the lovely Jo for organising and for a lift to and from the train station. Milestones is a great little place; effectively a set of Victorian style streets built inside an aircraft hangar, making it weather-proof if a smidgeon chilly.
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Sherlock Holmes was there hunting for the Beast of Basingstoke; of course, I helped him out (as you do), and solved the mystery. I’m not sure whether I managed to get him to rename one of his more famous cases to ‘A Study In Crimson’...
Find out in next week’s exciting installment of Crimson Shadow: The Cooke Chronicles. Or similar.
Find out in next week’s exciting installment of Crimson Shadow: The Cooke Chronicles. Or similar.
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