Almost reached the 10k steps today. A walk to the local cinema clocked up most of it! 🪅🎭🎠 Toy Story Five is out! We took our grandson for a treat to watch it. I have seen all of the Toy Story films

(Photo to be entered in the #aroundtheworld contest) On a previous trip to Guildford we looked for a particular sculpture of a character called Alice, from "Alice through the looking glass",

A view from our room for the night in the wonderful Surrey Hills. An area of national beauty, set in the North Downs National Park. We are staying in the Hurtwood Inn, bed and breakfast. Half way to our

I'm not sure how this man got stuck in this wall, and he looks a little uncomfortable too! 🤣. A very odd thing to find attached to a wall. It was next to a gate so maybe some kind of gate keeper. The

Goffs Park is one of our many town public parks. This park is also very close to the town centre, being just a stones throw from commercial areas. I took a quick walk through today on a 30 minute circuit.

Mondays are usually kind of strange for us. Grandchildren back to school, families back to the grindstone. Us retired grandparents are chilling after the busy weekend! 🤣 Well, not completely chilled,

Nature can seem cruel sometimes 😔. We learned today from local environmental staff that one of our swans at Ifield Mill Pond has passed. It is not known how this happened, but tests are being done on

Animals can be so funny sometimes. We visited Tilgate Nature Centre again today. The meerkats were having their siesta and were flat out on the sandy ground enjoying the sunshine. We were hoping that the

It was nice to see sunshine return today after a cloudy start. This is set to continue over the weekend and gradually warming up too. 😎. We could do with some proper summer conditions 😀. I have been

10k steps is a good target for a daily routine. It can be achieved easily with just a couple of ten minute walks, plus other general activities for the day like a little shopping or something similar.

We returned to the coastal town of Rottingdean today especially to visit a garden once part of a property in which the famous writer Rudyard Kipling once lived. I was surprised how large the garden area

The meadows are looking really beautiful right now, with all the rain lately, the grass and wild flowers are flourishing. I spotted an Elder bush in full flower and smelling wonderful! Both the berries

How about another visit to a garden centre? Marvelous! As long as it has a decent coffee shop. 🤣 The one we visited did in fact have a very good tea room. Coolings garden centre in Wych Cross is huge.

While out and about today I spotted a familiar wild flower that appears randomly rather like the poppy plant. It is called the evening primrose. The name gives a clue to why it is called this. The flowers

It has been a little less hectic today. We still had a lot of rain though, even more than yesterday. I was out driving quite a lot and the conditions were wet every time I went out. Judging by the weather

We are lucky to have many public parks in and around our town. All of them are in good condition and kept looking healthy and also attractive enough to want to go back time and time again. Many of the

The day started as yesterday finished. A complete change of plans which sometimes happens when unexpected things happen. But that is good 👍. The extra activity in the form of walking was beneficial! 😁

We knew it was due to rain today but we had a few dry hours in the morning to enjoy so we headed off to a quaint seaside village called Rottingdean, tucked up between the rolling hills of the South Downs.

The roses are in bloom! They are magnificent but the plants have been spoilt somewhat by passing thunderstorms today. The rain was very heavy and has weighed heavy on the branches. This very bush was the

A strange day for weather. There is a transition now from hot sunny conditions to cool and unsettled. So I was not surprised to feel a little rain as I walked into Goffs Park this afternoon. Since my last