A Walk And Some Talk

First of all let me apologise for two things. Firstly, for the more astute of you, you will see I have posted a photo of myself. I dislike having my photo taken immensely. But you have my permission to use the picture as a screen saver to keep pets and young children away from your screen.
Secondly, this post is image heavy as I am 'messing' with settings etc. And guess what, today it's 'Imbedding Pictures' day! If you are interested, I am hosting these on ImageShack, a free picture hosting site. You can download your photo's and it can convert them for you to the required size for publishing in your blog, forum or website. And it's free! All good!

Anyway, I decided to go for a stroll and a think this afternoon. You know the sort of thing, power thinking and analysis. So I strolled through the thriving Metropolis that is Chatteris down to the old railway line that used to connect Chatteris with Somersham. Below is a picture of Chatteris on a Saturday afternoon. See the crowds and the smiling children?


After purchasing my pre-requisite bottle of water, because the water down here is horrible, I set off down to the south of town where the railway used to begin.

Whenever I get here, I always think 'The Road Goes Ever On and On...." which is from a Tolkien book I think. Anyway, it's nice and flat and there are some spectacular views sometimes. And SNAKES! I kid you not! and not your boring 'worm' of a Grass Snake, these are Vipers, with fangs and everything! The first time I saw one, I nearly suffered an instantaneous bowel movement! Sorry, but it's a lot different to seeing one in a zoo or holding one at school. When you are in the English countryside, the last thing you expect to stumble across is a snake, and the only poisonous one in England! I know they aren't fatal, but the damn thing still has to inject it's poison and I don't fancy those fangs in my ankles! Ow! That's gotta hurt!



Anyway, I eventually reached my 'Thinking Spot' as above. You sit in the shade with a good book or even just 15 minutes to think and do nothing. And the view.....

See, that's what it's like down here. Flat, very flat....and boring, non-descript and isolated. But that's enough about the people. It is spectacular, in its own way, but being used the dramatic views on the Pennines, it's just too damn boring! So now you can see that my 'Thinking Spot' is ideal for emptying your mind, the landscape positively encourages it!

Anyway, after having an hour reading and putting the world to rights in my own head and running ideas and plans for the future under the mental microscope, I decided to return home. Sorry if the photo's aren't very good, but my camera is dying and you are limited to 50K per picture on this blog, but you get the general idea I hope.

Walking back, you see fields full, ready for harvesting. I've seen the same fields a sea of red poppies maybe 3 months before, so the change is startling.

And that was it. Got back, messed with photo's etc. and posted this blog entry.

Right, time to beat some lap times on MOTOGP '06 for a bit.

But I have to end on a serious note. Until next time......

Nem

You are probably not aware of this, but there's a serious graffiti problem in Chatteris. Above is the latest evidence of this pandemic sweeping through the area. Police suspect this may be linked to the reports last week of someone actually smiling in the town centre.