The school walk

One of the benefits of being carless is doing the school run on foot. Not only do I have the most fantastic conversations with Harry, but we also get to walk along the canal, which is very pretty and different every day. Today it was foggy…

… and then five minutes later, it had brightened up a bit:

Gah! This post wasn't supposed to end so abruptly! WordPress must've eaten my last bit without me realising. What I said was it's been great for really appreciating the changing seasons, plus we get to chat a lot about trees and birds and ducks. Today it was why holly is spiky. I said it was to stop birds eating the berries. Really must google and find out if I was right…