Wild Walk.🥾 

   The temperature was 15°C, but it felt like 13°C due to a southwest wind of 13 mph. The conditions were mostly cloudy, and the wind remained consistent at around 10–13 mph into the evening, causing the “feels like” temperature to dip to 10°C–12°C.

   Margaret dropped me off at the golf club gates, and I began to walk around the outskirts of the golf course. Several feral pigeons were lined up on the rooftop of the house where the owners consistently feed the birds. A couple passed me walking a Cockapoo-type dog, followed by a lady walking a Spaniel-type dog. Several jackdaws were flying around the links, settling and feeding before taking off again.

   Then I spotted what was probably my best sighting of the day: an Orange-tip butterfly settled on some wild plants in front of me. Sadly, the wind was blowing quite strongly, and I only managed to take a partial photograph. I also took a couple of nice photographs of wildflowers growing alongside the path as I continued on my way. Pink sorrel and a clump of three-cornered leeks were pushing through the long grass, in spite of the competition.

   My next interesting encounter was with a man and a huge dog that he said was a Caucasian Shepherd from Romania. Sadly, the dog had an injury that caused him to walk with a pronounced limp; the owner mentioned the dog was on painkillers and under treatment from the local vet. Unfortunately, nature took its course while we were chatting, and I left the owner with a plastic bag in hand to deal with a pile of natural droppings.

   I arrived at the clifftop pathway and looked out to sea over the cliffs; an offshore supply vessel was on the horizon. A couple walked by with two vastly different-sized dogs—one was a large Irish Wolfhound and the other was a spaniel-type crossbreed.

   I then began to walk along the top of the clifftop path up to the coastwatch station. Along the way, I had to run the gauntlet of about a million black March flies that were feeding on the nectar produced by the Alexanders plants, along with a large number of ladybirds. I have never seen so many flies flying around at the same time! I took a couple of photographs with difficulty, and Google Lens later identified them as March flies.

   I took some nice photographs of the precipice-like cliffs on the way to the top and some wonderful shots of the view from the coastwatch station. On my way back to the golf club, I took an interesting photograph of a bank of green alkanet. I passed a man walking an impressive, large white poodle with an undocked tail, showing off a well-trimmed coat. I also took a photograph of some purple honesty flowers growing underneath the bushy branches of some damson trees alongside a private garden.

   A lady walking a mongrel-type dog passed me along the road to the leisure centre as I made my way to meet up with Margaret.

Today I walked for 3.12 miles in 1 hour and 9 minutes.

Google Fit awarded me 22 heart points.

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