Weekend Walk

As I often go for a longer walk with Tara at the weekends I am joining in with Weekend Walks a meme being hosted by Helen on her blog The Inspiration Pavilion.  Do visit her and see her inspiring photographs.

My weekend walk took me to first to Ashton Windmill (see previous post) and Cheddar Reservoir, it was build in the 1930s and uses the springs in Cheddar Gorge. I was hoping to see some fishermen for my Scavenger Hunt but there were none, maybe it is the wrong time of the year.

 The reservoir  is backed by the Mendip Hills so it is a beautiful place to walk.

It was a very slow walk as my back was very painful, my son was very patient with me!  He is going to go back with his girlfriend and take their bikes as it is a great place to ride.

We made it about two thirds of the way around.  

One more for the Scavenger Hunt

No: 16 Windmill:

Ashton Windmill was built in the 18th century although there haas been a mill on the site at Chapel Allerton, Somerset since medieval times.  The tower is 25 ft high with walls 2 ft thick.

We visited on an afternoon when the windmill was open so we were able to go inside.  I don't like heights so I only went up to the first floor, my son went all the way to the top.

Mechanism on the top floor

View through the sails

I took this photo from the first floor of the windmill, as you can see 

there is a more modern windmill not too far away.

Gromit Unleashed

Gromit's have been placed all over Bristol and a few in the surrounding area to benefit Wallace and Gromit's Grand Appeal, the Bristol Children's Hospital Charity.  I saw my first Gromit today, he is called  Gromitasaurus.

If it had not been pouring with rain I would have stayed in Bristol to look for some more, but it was far too wet for such activities!

My Month in Numbers

It’s time once again for My Month in Numbers a great idea by Julie Kirk of Notes on Paper.

First the communal count:

When I took all the things I carry around out of my bag I was surprised to find there were only 15 items, my bag is quite heavy so I expected the total to be 115!
1 purse - quite heavy due to all the store loyalty cards, coffee shop loyalty cards, and receipts, note very little money weighing it down! 1 compact camera (of course), 1 phone, 1 iPod Touch (because I would really like an iPhone but cannot afford one) 1 card wallet with my work ID and driving licence, 2 notebooks and 1 pen, 1 plastic wallet with all the coupons from various store that I always forget to use before the time limit, 2 small zipper cases containing various painkillers and migraine tablets, the other containing earphones, 2 lipsticks, 1 fold up hairbrush and 1 tin of peppermints.

554 photographs taken and 163 printed. I print my photos through Photobox every few months.

12 photos posted for Rinda’s Summertime Photography Scavenger Hunt, I have 10 more items to find.

6 Library books taken out, although I already had some at home. One of them - Pet Heaven - the animal accessory book I liked for the quirky knitting patterns, I found it on Amazon for a very cheap price so I ordered it. I use libraries a lot and love to come home with a pile of books.

1 dog show - my son and I volunteered to help at the GRWE (Greyhound Rescue West of England) Dog Show, I helped with selling merchandise and my son helped in the kitchen doing the very important job of serving lunch and teas.  It was a very hot day but luckily we had a breeze blowing through the stand which also meant we had lots of greyhound visitors and their owners sheltering from the sun.

Tara in the best rescued bitch class

Tara with her first ice cream

26 days with blue skies - this may not seem unusual but it is for this part of the UK, we are having a wonderful summer with hot sunny days, too hot at times, especially the days I work as the office is so hot. I take a photo of the sky each day and yes, I know I am obsessive, and use an App called Project 365 to take my daily photo with my iPod Touch.

240 miles driven to and from work. I hate the commute, although at this time of the year it is much nicer as there is less traffic in the mornings due to no school runs.

That's it for this month, do visit Julie's site (link at the top of this page) for more information and how to join in.