Country Walk
Picture the scene it is ten o'clock on a lovely warm night and six fields of set a side grass to walk over to the river. No one in sight for miles around just the birds coming in to roost for the night and the rabbits running over the fields and owls looking for there prey. It is getting dark and the rabbits are running to hide in there burrows as my dog chases after them.The night predators are already out and i can see a barn owl hovering over it's prey. I am now in the second of the set a side fields and there is a load squeal a rabbit has just lost it's fight for life as a fox takes it away for it's tea. The phesants are flying into the top of the trees to roost for the night and most of the bird now have gone to make way for the night predators. Two fields over and i can see six large deer just out of the woods feeding and they so far have not seen us. A pair of mallard ducks fly over and make there way to the river. It is so nice and warm im going to take my cloths off and walk the last two field in the nude as it is so warm and nice out here. when we got to the river i put my toes in the water and it felt lovely and warm so i went in and just swam around for a time. I called my dog but he did not like the thought of the water and stayed on the bank. I could hear the deer calling out and the owls but nothing else it was so peaceful and still. When i got out of the water and looked at my watch it said eleven thirty and so i must get home as they will worry about me. I picked my cloths up and carried them for a while so i dried off in the lovely warm air. About two fields over and i stopped to get dressed and then made my way back home. It was the best walk i think i have ever been on and the best time of day as it is so still and private out there in the dark of the night.