49 things I saw on a walk

[squirmelia]

On our Boxing Day walk, my niece wrote down 49 things she saw in her new shiny notebook. Inspired by her, yesterday I did the same:

Feather
Gnome
Leaves scurrying
Gravestones
Tree
Postbox
Belisha beacons
Knitted mice (on postbox)
River
Traffic cones
Ducks
Barbed wire
Rubber ducks
Scaffolding
Dog wearing an orange coat
Highland cattle
Hay bale
Viaduct
Mistletoe
Old man's beard
Train
Roman Villa
Moss
Lichen
Horse poo
Tractor
Pot hole
Car
Pampas grass
Fields
Pylon
Horses
Flags
Castle
Puddles
Clouds
Magpie
Lake
Golf course
Rose hips
Mud
Flint
Seagulls
Level crossing
Church
Poem
Raindrops
Cricket pitch
Lights

Comments

[spiralsheep]

Wow, I've never managed a list of 49 observations. That's a lot. Also, I know that list is surprisingly generic for the UK but "Highland cattle / Viaduct / Roman Villa" is very familiar from my childhood walks.

I've decided to collect clouds this year (solstice to solstice) and wondered if you ever have because you seem like someone who might.

[squirmelia]

It did feel like a lot. I was even more impressed with my 7 year old niece after I did it also.

This walk was in Eynsford, Kent.

Collecting clouds sounds wonderful and I hope it goes well. I haven't tried it but would like to hear more about your collection.

[spiralsheep]

We used to go to pet the Highland cattle, and walk under the viaduct, and sometimes see the Roman Villa, then go to Eynsford and paddle in the river. One of my favourite days out. I didn't go over the viaduct on a train until I was in my 40s! It felt like taking off and flying.

I'm using The Cloud Collector's Handbook by Gavin Pretor-Pinney for guidance. I decided to begin at the winter solstice because the weather is often changeable at the end of December then goes grey for a month in the new year.