20th November 2010. I am, I readily confess, a sluggard. I do not want to get out of bed in the morning. It is very comfortable there, thank you. And yet… there are those mornings when one does actually wake up and feel quite energetic. This was one of them; so the obvious thing to do was get up and go out somewhere. Then the thought of a bacon sandwich at the refreshment kiosk at Clent came to us. They do very, very good bacon sandwiches indeed! So off we went. We got there at about 8:30 a.m. on a damp & misty morning, forgetting that in winter the kiosk does not open until 10:00 a.m. It opens a lot earlier in summer. So we had nothing to do but to potter up the path shown, to the top of this hill. A nice walk to work up an appetite for breakfast! Great Heavens – what are we coming to?

The expertly managed woodlands. A site such as this is a paradise for insects, birds, small rodents &c. There is not photograph from the top of the hill, for the mist was thicker up there and nothing was visible. But after wandering around for an hour or so, it was soon 10:00 a.m. so back down to the kiosk, a super bacon sandwich – sitting in the open of course – and a mug of tea. What acute delights are to be experienced from such simple things!