The Ouse Valley

With the price of petrol now nearly hitting the £1.00 a litre mark and the weather not at its best over the last week or so and a impending holiday, we have not been out and about as much as we would have liked and have stayed pretty local. The car also broke down last night meaning Jon didn't get home till 2:30am. It's all mended now thankfully and as the weather is getting nicer we should be able to fit in a few trips and walks nearby this week.

We did manage to fit a walk in with business on Sunday and ended up on the outskirts of Milton Keynes in a place called Haversham near Wolverton. It is in the Ouse valley which as lots of interesting river walks and lakes and a impressive viaduct that carriess the main West Coastline across the river Ouse. The weather was a little unkind a repeat of a few Sundays ago when it was dull damp and cool. We did manage to stay dry this week compared to then. The River was interesting clean with the sound of runing water which I love to hear. We saw a couple of swans, and two herons fishing. I also had the opportunity to walk over yet another bridge. Bridges being a passion of both Jon and I and we have been over quiet a few in our time together from the long and wide Severn and Humber to a small chinesee bridge in Godmanchester and the long water filled Edstone aqueduct that we wandered over last week and of course William Telfords famous Iron Bridge on The Severn.

There was a lovely pasture on our little walk this week with plenty of sheep and a nice little campsite close by. We didn't walk far because of the weather and lateness in the day but it would be a place we would consider exploring on a Sunnier day. Milton Keynes as some beautiful villages and open space on its periphery and well worth a visit for a nice change.

Spritz did a Houndi trick sliped her collar broke her lead and we spent about twenty minutes trying to get her back from chasing the rabbits that seem to be mulitiplying in the hundreds at present. Thank God for obediance classes which we start Tuesday.