Yesterday's yoga seemed to help with the sleeplessness and weird nightmares - well, I woke up less often and the weird dream was much more pleasant and drifted around nice things, so a better experience. So once I had done most of the work I wanted to do today, I decided to go for a walk. As John is out working, I had to walk places where I knew I wouldn't be far from real life if I did anything silly.
I started out from our house and cut through the Pas de Mule park to the road past the plan d'eau - our little fishing lake and park. Normally in mid-May I help out with a trout fishing day here, but it has been cancelled for 2020. This is a shame, although as it would attract more than 50 people, it is a no-no.
I carried on up the other side of the valley, heading for the route de Beaufort, and before I got to the bridge over the Voie Verte I became very aware of the pungent smell of hawthorn blossom (or may flower) from the trees that line the path. I think that is a good sign on a number of levels.
I carried on to the route de Beaufort and headed in the direction of Baugé. The commune had been out and about cleaning the ditches with a digger - in my view there is little point in cleaning the bottom of the ditch if you spread broken plastic waste up the sides, but what do I know?
Once I got to the route de Pont de Godeau I turned back towards Vieil Baugé and went past one of the crossing points/access points for the Voie Verte - it is the route of an old railway line, so is ideal for cycling and joggers and for those that don't do hills.
I followed the road back into the village, past a bee keeper capturing a swarm, and up and round the church, stopped for a while at the Mairie to read the latest notices and then drifted back home again. It was perhaps 2 kilometres and half an hour out of the house but I felt better for it. I then released the feathered vandals and went back to the house to get a glass of squash, finish the work task for the day and write this blog. Like I say, I was only out for half an hour, so where did the lettuce and tomato plants come from? Goodness knows what I am going to do with the tomato plants as I've got 19 Gardeners Delight in pots anyway, while the feathered vandals will likely trash the lettuces as soon as I plant them, but someone really was very kind!
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