The way through the woods

Brrrr. It's cold out there.

I've been whinging for a while about being rather heavier than I'd like to be (can't think why, what with all that healthy cake I've been eating...!) and getting fewer chances for exercise than I used to. Mr G very kindly called my bluff today, and offered to mind Littler G so I could go for a tramp through the fields after lunch. He even showed me a new (to me) path on the map that I could try out, that made a convenient sort of loop from Little G's pre-school. I almost declined on the grounds of excessive cold (and the extremely muddy underfoot conditions) but decided that would have been churlish. I'm thoroughly glad I did go, although I did nearly lose my trainers to the mud. Nice to get a new perspective on the village, and to enjoy some different views.

Too cold and grey to get any really decent pictures - I thought I'd spare you a shot of my mud-caked feet! - so instead here's a new selection of trees...