Summer in Walton and the Surrounding Area

Connie and I have had a wonderful couple of months enjoying the sunshine and the local countryside as well as our own back garden so we thought we’d share some of our mini adventures as the summer ends and we have to find activities to do inside instead!

We’ve been making good use of the new track from Thorp Arch Trading Estate over the viaduct and discovered a great little paddling area in the river, nice and shallow along the edge and Connie loved it so much we had to bribe her out with a promise of an ice lolly when we got home!

I’ve always loved paddling in streams and water so it’s great fun having my little companion to join me!

Having the cycle path available so close to the village is great motivation to get moving, we especially love watching the red kites flying over and watching as they swoop and dive for prey, a great lesson in how nature behaves and so beautiful to watch!

Connie will now walk much further than she has before, although walking towards the next blackberry bush is good motivation!

Finding summer activities to do in the garden has also been fun, especially finding out that Connie is really quite good at boules!

The paddling pool has been well used and we finally got a hammock - keeps Connie contained and quiet for ages, we should have got one a long time ago!

We love summer in the village, so much to enjoy and our garden is full of fruit to pick and beautiful flowers to smell, it’s a wonderful place to live as a young family.

LISA