Twas a nice walk though

Controversy aside I did enjoy my walk around Ely Country Park. Its managed by a mix of landowners and perhaps because of this has no real corporate feel to it. Its got surfaced paths and unsurfaced nay really muddy ones as well, but then thats where you can choose where you want to go.

After walking through a short grass area you enter tree and shrub lined Springhead Lane then reach the old pits with ducks, geese and great crested grebes, oh yes and a couple of kingfishers dobbing about. Then its through the gate in the hedge and along by the river back to town.

 Lovely views of the cathedral on the way round as well this one from the path by the river.

And for a bit of variety you can watch the trains and imagine its the Flying Scotsman you are seeing. An enjoyable walk to my mind.

opinions are onions with a pi right!

     

My local paper has been carrying a story about the way a footpath that runs through a Country Park in Ely has been managed recently. The lane called Springhead Lane or Lovers Lane has been opened up by a contractor working for the county council cutting back trees and shrubs and by cutting back bramble.

Some of the locals have been complaining bitterly to the local papers and getting quite a bit of coverage, one lady says she is horrified by what has happened down at Lover's Lane.

Its one of the reasons I went for a walk down there yesterday to see what outrageous damage has been caused partly because I have long held the view that the path was too shaded and might make users feel insecure. The picture below is a Cambridge News picture which shows part of the lane now.


         

Now far be it for me to tell anyone how to manage anything especially as I only managed parks for twenty years, but to my mind its great, even further towards Ely itself where the increase in light will lead to a lot of growth this year including from the cut tree and shrub stems and a safer feel to the path, see picture below also Cambridge News of that section, but then what do I know like I say.

I can remember a few years back a paper was published about public perceptions of the countryside, it looked at what made people feel they could use the countryside and what made them feel they couldn't. Overgrown paths and not being able to see a reasonable distance were high on the lists of not encouraging use for both women and men. So like I said earlier well done county council I think its great.

But then thats my opinion, others think differently. Opinions eh onions with pi in.

Which came first aorta or hadnabinfer

I had a late afternoon appointment at the local hospital last week, all connected with my recent spell of ill health and well it had me confused by the end and no mistake.

First an ultrasound, well surely ultra means really good but I didnt hear a thing, then the doctor says me kidneys are fine and so was me aorta. Well first off what does he know about my shopping at the butchers and then aorta what.

Already slightly confused I heads of for a blood test, take a ticket here and wait the sign says, so you takes one of them tickets you used to get at supermarket meat counters you know them ones with numbers on. The nurse calls out the number and off you go to get your blood took.

I says to her when do we get some meat then with this ticket, she looked, that got me wondering had they run out, then I got to thinking about that doctor and what he said about kidneys, was that all they had left!

I came out like I said confused with no meat or kidneys come to that and thinking. Aorta known that Id get nothing but if it hadnabinfer a late apointment then perhaps I might have.