Walking with my Boy

Hello Lovelies,

thank you all so much for your kind comments on my holiday post.

The weather since we returned has been mixed and I haven't done enough walking really.

It's hard to get out with the walking group during the school holiday and on Thursday evening I felt the need to stretch my legs a little.

Happily eldest decided to join me and we headed out a little after 7pm.

We walked and chatted as we passed fields full of ripe wheat........

The sun was hiding behind low cloud but we could see a band of blue along the horizon.....

And as the sun sank in the sky it emerged, bathing the landscape in a golden glow........

I loved the way it illuminated this long grass.......

Here I suggested we could walk further rather than heading home....happily my walking buddy was keen.

The fields that were yellow with Rape Seed flowers in May have gradually turned brown. Now the have been harvested and only the stubble remains........

My eldest was in a co-operative mood....humouring my by posing for a selfie of the two of us together....how I want to capture these perfect summer moments with my growing boy.

And shadow photo for my blog........

At fifteen he's still happy to walk with his mum....I am lucky.

The light just kept getting better......

It was the perfect warm, still August evening.........

By now we had walked about three miles and I was thinking he wanted to go home....but no. Joy. He suggested we should go a little further....bless him.

We walk a brisk pace...just how I like to walk. So even as the air temperature begins to cool we don't feel chilly......

By now we had walked about 4 miles and it was nearly 9pm. The sun was a ball of fire on the horizon.........

The crops here had been harvested too....a trailer full of bales stood ready to be collected........

How I love watching the sky change colour as the clouds are illuminated from below.......

How precious it feels to be out in the fields watching natures beautiful goodnight......

How I wonder why more people are not out enjoying it too. The paths are empty but we are not totally alone.
 In the distance we can hear the rumble of a tractor in the field and see the dust rising as a farmer works late into the evening..........

The sky just kept getting better and better........

and we rushed up the hill to take one last look at the view before the light faded completely......

Soon we were back on familiar streets and I snapped the final....amazing pink and lilac colours in the sky.......

My boy and me walked five and a half miles. He would have walked further but it was time to head home to the rest of the family.  We slept like logs that night.

It was such special evening.  I'm so happy that I have this place to record it before it fades from my memory.

Jacquie x