Here’s a little video that I made of our walk on Sunday. I used YouTube Vimeo for the transport mechanism because it’s pretty big (around 180 MB), and YouTube Vimeo does the whole high-def thing very well. Enjoy!

Music:
Scouting For Girls – Keep on Walking
Alter Bridge – Down to my last

It’s been almost 18 months since we took a walk with Aubain and Ingrid, so a second one was definitely overdue. As such, and to make the most of the gorgeous weather we had on Sunday, we set off on a 10 mile walk through the countryside in Sussex. Cousin’s Louise and Kylie also joined us for the trip, bringing the numbers for Team Awesome up to six.

Upon setting out on our walk, we soon noticed that the sense of humour is a little… well, “different”, out there in the country. We’re still not entirely sure what this sign meant.

Secondly, things are a lot quieter out in the country. Instead of cars, sirens, and general city ambience, the background noises are provided by birds, wind in the trees, and various farm animals. Of course, this was really no surprise to any of us, though it’s quite alarming when you actually stop and listen for the differences.

Given that it had rained a little bit on Saturday (how rare for England!), we had thought it may be a little bit muddy, but none of us really had any idea what we’d be up against. For the most part, we tried to dodge around the outside, but sometimes we had absolutely no choice but to just trolley on through. Poor Weezy and Kylie didn’t have waterproof shoes, and so they were especially noticing it by the end!

Though the mud may have dampened our shoes and our trousers, it did little to dampen our spirits! It was such beautiful scenery, and we were blessed with perfect walking weather – around 10 degrees, with loads of sunny intervals. Aubain did an amazing job at keeping us all on the right track, and at setting a perfect pace to land us back at the train station only a few minutes before the train arrived.

10 miles may have been a bit more ambitious than we had anticipated, especially given the added degree of difficulty added by the muddy terrain; but it was such a great way to spend a Sunday, and I’d be the first one to sign up again for the next walk! Suffice to say, we slept very soundly on Sunday night!