in the woods

bright sunny day, clouds scudding across the sky. We packed up the bikes and went through the winding lanes to the forest. Pedalling, sun on our backs, we found an old gnarly beech tree, last autumns prickly beech nuts covering the ground. We sat beneath the tree in the warm sun to eat our picnic. Lunch was followed by exploring, log walking and a spot of tree climbing. Em and me dangling over the branches like a pair of leopards.