It was a bright sunny morning and when I looked out of the
kitchen window my little garden was covered in frost. I was determined to go
out today because I had been in all the previous day and I would get cabin
madness unless I went out. I put on lots of layers of clothes and my hat and
set off walking as quickly as I could to warm up. By the time I reached the top
Of Alfred Street I had forgotten how cold it was and when I had completed the
steep bit past the equestrian centre I was actually sweating. When I finally
got to the top by the White Horse I felt really pleased that I had made the
effort to get outdoors and have some exercise.
There were quite a lot of people
up there, a few dog walkers and people from the hang-gliding, para-gliding and
micro-lite fraternity all happily throwing themselves off the edge of the hill
and soaring away on the thermals. It was really windy, I had to be careful my
hat didn’t get blown away.
I watched for a while and filmed one of the flyers for a
couple of minutes which you can see below. I did consider walking down to the
village of Bratton and back along the lower Westbury road but decided I didn’t want
to, I had enough exercise for one day, so I strolled back the way I came.
When
I got back to town, I had a look in the Air Ambulance Charity Shop and for only
20 pence I found a nice copy of the Robert Crumb Handbook. That took me back a
bit to my old hippy days. I’ll go for another walk tomorrow, weather permitting.
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