My walk today took me along the beautiful, familiar route through the wonderful scenic lane at Studley Castle.

There were many black-faced sheep and a few corvids in a farmer’s field as I passed by. A single sparrow was flying into the bordering hedgerow alongside this field.

When I reached the church, I met a lady walking three dogs. I exclaimed to her, ‘You have your hands full! You must be a dog walker! What breeds are these three lovely dogs?’

She replied, ‘A Romanian sheepdog, a Springer spaniel and a Cockapoo.’

She also said she wasn’t a dog walker, but she runs kennels and boards other people’s dogs when they are away on holiday.

A lively squirrel was running along the ground in the nearby Studley cemetery.

I took four lovely photos of the River Arrow as I continued to walk along the riverbank. I photographed a solitary carrion crow, who was foraging among the sheep.

I stumbled across a fairy ring or a fungal colony in the grassy field alongside the River Arrow and took a photograph of it to identify it on Google Lens later.

I took an interesting photograph of a couple of sheep posing near a large upturned tree trunk with its roots exposed.

Another solitary sheep grazed beneath a large English Oak tree.

A large brown horse was grazing in front of the impressive Studley, Manor House; I had taken another photo of this impressive horse in 2024, and it hasn’t visibly changed in a whole year.

Today I walked for 3.29 miles in one hour and ten minutes.

Google Fit awarded me 34 heart points.