On Friday, 18th July, it was very hot indoors and very hot outdoors, but, not having a garden, we needed to be out somewhere in the shade of trees. The car was like a sauna and the air-conditioning didn’t do a lot to ease it. So a journey not too far from home was needed. We decided on a village with a pretty pond and surrounding green. It is set along a road but usually quiet.
Memo to selves for future reference - not so on summer Friday afternoons! Of course as well as more general traffic, the farmers were busy with harvesting and their lorries, tractors and trailers piled high with hay bales added to the buzz. But there were gaps and so we enjoyed the peaceful intervals.
Fishing is prohibited! There are fish in the pond, but small, dark ones with a school of even-smaller ones - all difficult to catch on camera in such bright sunshine which reflected the surrounding trees. But you may just be able to see a couple in the top right-hand corner of the following photo.
Time for tea - we left them to it.
The pictures are lovely and full of cooling colours, even if the reality was a little less peaceful! Fascinating names of the villages too. It has been hard to find cool spots here recently as well!
ReplyDeleteIt is a pretty spot. Thanks, Alison.
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