A large, well-kept area the other side of town with a Lottery-funded children’s play area by the first of three car parks. The others were part-way and at the far end.
The area seemed well used with parents and children (more as the morning progressed) and, further, dog walkers - and walkers without dogs! Behind a hedge dividing the play area and the open moor is a pond with a very low level of water but, in spite of that, many ducks. Maybe that was why some parents ignored the notice and encouraged their children to throw bread towards them!
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| Not sure what this is - a dandelion colour but a daisy shape growing flat on the ground. |
We walked almost the full length but mostly stuck to the lane alongside as the grassed area was a bit uneven for my tottery steps so didn’t do any in-depth exploring although with the wide-open space it didn’t seem that much was hidden. We retraced our steps back to the car.
As at other times recently, we managed to walk a little further than ‘normal’ so now are tired but enjoyed our outing.
I'm pleased you enjoyed your walk. The tiredness is worth it sometimes. I can't help with the flower ID here. Some places sell food that's more suitable for ducks than bread, so maybe Neatherd Moor will cotton on at some point. Do you pronounce that "Neat - herd" by the way? Neat is a word for a cow or ox, isn't it?
ReplyDeleteClever you! I hadn't heard that definition and only found one definition referring to your meaning "Now Rare a bovine animal; ox, cow, etc." I was saying Neatherd as two separate sounds - neat - herd but discovered today that locally it's referred to as Netherd (no a) but probably taken from neat herd originally.
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