Alan drove down from Brum in the very early hours and we met up near Bedminster Cricket Ground at 6am. From there, we walked up through Leigh Woods (with our torches!) and up to the suspension bridge… and then back along Bridge Road and into Ashton Court just as the sun was rising… meandered through the woods, before sitting on a log for breakfast (I’d prepared coffee and BLT sandwiches) and enjoying watching the sun emerge through the trees. Watched a group (from Cameron Balloons) inflate and test a balloon before we ambled back down to the car… and all before 9am!
We were very fortunate with the weather – a beautiful clear,
fresh morning – and as I was walking past the open grassed area near Metrobus
bridge (Ashton Avenue Bridge) on my way to meet up with Alan, I surprised
perhaps three dozen rabbits – who all hopped away in mad panic!
The remainder of the day was somewhat gentler. Moira and I
had coffee in the garden, after which I started my Sarah Moss book
(‘Summerwater’) and sorted photographs.In the evening, we watched the third episode of ‘Strike’. Four hot air balloons flew over the house in the early evening - a very rare event in this pandemic year.
Image: Breakfast with Alan watching the sun emerge through
the trees, Ashton Court.
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