41/52 Autumn
Flynn, wondering what I was up to & why I'd lead him off the beaten track! When we're in the woods, he mostly prefers sticking to the paths - Flynn doesn't much like risking his paws going through scratchy, spiky undergrowth. I'd already caused consternation earlier in the walk, by changing my mind about where I wanted to walk & leaving the "proper" woodland track, to take a short-cut down to the orchards. Flynn had followed me but he clearly wasn't impressed!
It's been a very dull, cloudy & rainy week here - not particularly good for photos! I'd headed to the apple orchards because the light was at least a little better but even there, the scene was rather muted, grey & bleak (especially as the farmer is in the process of removing old trees atm, leaving large bare patches of earth behind). Then I spotted a nice splash of autumnal colour - a big area of bracken, close to boundary between "wild" woods & the farmland.
Flynn made me laugh - he gave me such a look of utter disbelief & disgust, when I turned off the path *again*! I called him to follow after me but after a quick inspection, he decided my route was stupid & ran off in a huge arc. When he reappeared, he was in front of me & actually stopped roughly where I'd wanted him to go... so that was handy :) He was happy, or at least tolerated sitting amongst the bracken for a photo (in return for a small treat!) but clearly relieved when I turned back to walk on the lovely soft grassy path around the orchards soon afterwards!
41/52 Autumn
Flynn, wondering what I was up to & why I'd lead him off the beaten track! When we're in the woods, he mostly prefers sticking to the paths - Flynn doesn't much like risking his paws going through scratchy, spiky undergrowth. I'd already caused consternation earlier in the walk, by changing my mind about where I wanted to walk & leaving the "proper" woodland track, to take a short-cut down to the orchards. Flynn had followed me but he clearly wasn't impressed!
It's been a very dull, cloudy & rainy week here - not particularly good for photos! I'd headed to the apple orchards because the light was at least a little better but even there, the scene was rather muted, grey & bleak (especially as the farmer is in the process of removing old trees atm, leaving large bare patches of earth behind). Then I spotted a nice splash of autumnal colour - a big area of bracken, close to boundary between "wild" woods & the farmland.
Flynn made me laugh - he gave me such a look of utter disbelief & disgust, when I turned off the path *again*! I called him to follow after me but after a quick inspection, he decided my route was stupid & ran off in a huge arc. When he reappeared, he was in front of me & actually stopped roughly where I'd wanted him to go... so that was handy :) He was happy, or at least tolerated sitting amongst the bracken for a photo (in return for a small treat!) but clearly relieved when I turned back to walk on the lovely soft grassy path around the orchards soon afterwards!