Yellow, green and blue

Four hours; that's how long I was out hiking yesterday. It's probably against the rules of the current lockdown imposed by the government but clearly I don't care; and no, I didn't wear a mask, just a happy smile on what is otherwise a plain and uninteresting face.

The previous two days were spent inside due to the weather; I ventured out for a hike on Sunday but got drenched within the first half hour and due to the cold and windy day decided that enough. Sense prevailed.

I've not been idle though as I've had plenty to do. I actually enjoy these lockdowns am not one to whinge and complain about being home. I love it; a paid holiday from work in which I'm supposed to work from home. Umm, yeah right, as if that's going to happen.

I've been exercising though; pumping iron, on the rowing machine and treadmill and all that energetic stuff...And if you believe that you're bonkers. About the only exercise I've done in the last two days has been shovelling donuts and coffee into my mouth, flipping pages of my book and holding the couch down whilst watching the Olympics.

I'll admit that I needed to get outside, for my sanity, and so I did.

Here's a few of the photos I took with my Samsung S20 whilst hiking yesterday.

It was a good day with ample sunshine although still cold and a little windy. There was no rain though, just a few muddy puddles to slosh through as I hiked along. I took a winding route up to the ruins of the old farmstead built in the 1850's, now not much more than a few walls. I ended up hiking 13.7 kilometres and it was good to work up a sweat and get the muscles and lungs working; I had to work off those donuts. [Didn't really eat donuts all weekend]

The sky was really interesting as it had several different types of cloud formations; don't ask me to name them as I have no clue. Cirrus, Altocumulus, Cirrostratus, Cumulus and Cirrocumulus is what I think, but it could have been any because I'm clueulus! See what I did there folks? Clueulus! Come on, that was a little funny right? Just a bit?

I took lunch with me today as I started hiking at 10:30 and figured I'd stop for a break; trail mix, crackers and a little thing of tuna fish washed down by some water tastes way better when hiking. The spot above was where I stopped; it was off the trail in the advent of someone coming by. I actually saw no one and had no intention of doing so.

The sound of the grasses rubbing together as the wind pushed at them and the birds in the trees was pretty nice. After eating I laid back amongst the grasses and watched the clouds overhead for a little bit. Ok, so maybe I fell asleep for a while, no harm done though right? The sun warmed me, the sounds around serenaded me and it felt like a pretty perfect moment for a nap. Ah, the joys of covid-lockdown and working from home.

I'm really fortunate to live in a place where winters are mild with a lot of days in which the sky is blue and the sun shines. I needed my hike yesterday and I actually also went earlier today as well. I go most days to be honest when weather permits. Ninety minutes is a more usual time frame, the longer hikes are usually reserved for the weekends; With this lockdown though, every day is a weekend for me so yeah, thanks government, I appreciate the holiday greatly! Unfortunately it's lifting tonight though so...Back to the office to work.

And how about you folks? How has your week started?