It was a gorgeous autumn day today for a lovely, lively walk with the Pals. We went from Hyde Out Cafe to Abbotswell and back.
The gorse was in bloom, as it nearly always is, hence the saying;
When gorse is out of bloom, kissing is out of season.
The good news is that either common gorse or the closely related western gorse is pretty much in bloom whatever the time of year. In fact, a few yellow flowers can generally be seen even in harsh winter months.
We also talked of countries that we had lived in, family trees, photography and about the various animals we came across. Web pages got a mention as did poodles, swimming in the sea, pigs and panage and the New Forest grazing rules.
There was a discussion about whether there was more than usual grass for the animals this year and what the donkeys were waiting for, outside someone's gate.
Some walked a few hundred yards and others, a couple of miles.
Everyone agreed that we were indeed exceedingly lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world and to be fit enough to enjoy it.
Many thanks to everyone at Hyde Out Cafe for putting up with the whole gang of us taking the place over for half an hour.
