Day 55

The weather broke this morning so it was a bit of shock to be back to the usual dull overcast weather. There was a bit of drizzle when I went out but nothing bad enough to mandate a rain-coat. The views from the top were a lot duller than yesterday but at least I was relatively dry.

At the top of the walk, I noticed that a pine tree had fresh green cones developing which I thought quite interesting. The really odd thing (to me) is that the same tree had flowers, mature cones and green cones so they obviously don’t all develop at the same time.

I continued on with the dogs towing me along feeling quite smug that I had remembered to put on my gaiters which I had been leaving behind for the last while. However, they didn’t do me an awful lot of good when confronted with soaking wet knee-high grass. Wet trousers aren’t really avoidable at this time and I suppose that at least it isn’t cold.

Despite the rain, most of the streams down the bottom were still almost bone dry which is a bit hard on the tadpoles. They should get a bit wetter as the rain makes its way down the mountain over the new few days. It was a nice refreshing lunchtime walk and I even got back with a resolution to a couple of work problems which was quite helpful.