February's Hearty Heart♥thon Starts Here!

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Can you believe it - it is February already! 

You know that that means don't you - it means a he♥rty he♥rt filled 14 days. 

A he♥rt a day up to the 14th, so with out further ado - let the heart♥thon begin!

This year has a bit of a second theme running through it too, 

graffiti and trees feature quite regularly!

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We walk regularly, Himself is our powerhouse when it comes to organising and leading walks, he quietly decides where were are going and gets us there, the rest of us just all turn up and enjoy the day!

This particular walk was fairly muddy from memory (mind you a lot of our walks are muddy ....) during a damp and cold October weekend. The field we were slipping through had obviously been the autumnal pasture for cattle as the ground was poached, wet and tussocky making for slow progress.

As we reached the crest of this particular soggy lump, we spied a line of mature trees perched on an old hedgerow line. It looked lovely and dry so we trudged our way up in an attempt to find somewhere to stop for a break and possibly lunch. I'd wondered why this area had been ignored by the heavy footed cows, leaving it pristine, however I was not going to complain!

As we approached, a glint caught my eye, about head height and my first thought was it was a tree tag preservation order number. I soon forgot about it as I concentrated on sludging towards the drier ridge. Thoughts of sitting down and having lunch filled my head - YaY!

Then it hit us...why the cows had not lingered at the trees. The wind was cutting and brittle. Despite the trees, there was absolutely no shelter from the icy blast. Our dry lunch spot thoughts were dashed instantly. Disappointed we turned away, the glint caught my eye again ... so despite having to turn back into the chilly breeze, I did.

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 I am so very glad I did.

The view below from the tree was lovely

and obviously a special spot for this loved up couple

but not today

for today

it was 

p.o.s.i.t.v.e.l.y...f.r.e.e.z.i.n.g

We did get our lunch spot, 

further down the other side of the hill, 

with our backs to a derelict barn 

and our faces warming in the waning sunshine of an autumnal walk - 

not bad, not bad at all :)

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See you tomorrow x♥

1st February 2011 HERE