Spring walk

The weather in England is a funny thing - cold, rain, grey skies are often a feature of the winter, but most years, we get at least one sunny day, where it's warm enough for a nice walk outside, during the February half-term holiday (some years, several days, like this year). So of course, we went for a walk - this one was just Alex and me, as the girls both had committments.  The sun is low, but you can see it shining brightly for us, nonetheless!

This is one of our favourite walks - Morden Hall Park - because you can walk through a park, a little wetlands, down to a petting farm, along to an old mill down the Wandle (River) Trail, and then back, via a playground, and end up at  a National Trust teashop. All in the space of an hour and a half or so, depending on how fast you walk (and how long you spend at the little farm - these days, we don't spend long).  You can't beat that - especially not 10 minutes drive from home!

Oh, and you also get to cross a tram line - this is less of a thrill now that my little boy is 12, but when he was about 4, it was one of the highlights of the walk...

Part of the tram line is single track; we got to see them waiting to pass at the double point - very exciting if you are a small boy who loves trains. We are neither of us that any longer, but it was still interesting.

And the best thing was, I put a chicken in the oven to roast (on the timer, so it would turn itself on) before we left, so we came home to the smell of roasting chicken!