Yesterday I showed you soggy France, a few winters ago. Today I’ll show you soggy North Yorkshire, yesterday. Despite often being up to my ankles in mud and water, I found my end-of-day walk had its own particular delights.
Well supplied with mud and water
From Pyrenees to Pennines 
Oh, God! I remember it well 😦 😦 By the way, I loved your sunken in mud boots shot yesterday! Out for a happy tramp about today? 🙂 🙂
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Of course. Virtual Dog requires it.
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You were brave to trudge through that but the view was worth it. Thanks for sharing.
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It’s got to be done, Susan. Virtual Dog requires a daily walk.
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oh that ending, how glorious. Make sure you don’t lose a boot in all that mud!
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PS I think this might be our first supplied!
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Always happy to be up in the front 😉
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Oh my, Margaret…We are out today as well, but in snow and 6 minus. I once left my boot in a mud hole – had my husband to get it out of there. Wishing you a lovely weekend!
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You too. Please don’t lose any more boots!
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No! I will not!
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‘eh oop, that’s soggy!
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‘appen.
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aye
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I lost a shoe in a muddy patch a couple of years back and had to walk the rest of the way home barefoot. (we did get it out, but it wasn’t fit to wear until cleaned).
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Aaagh! That sounds very dramatic. And not in a good way.
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It was. I bought wellies, but they make my feet and shins ache. Best to stay off the tracks until spring.
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Tracks are manageable, but paths aren’t. And I just can’t walk in wellies. I didn’t bother replacing my last pair.
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Mud, mud, glorious mud/ nothing quite like it for cooling the blood.
🙂
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Yes, it was alright for them, on a well-lit warm stage.
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Not sure about all that mud but I love the reflected sky in your other shot!
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Appears you have had a good rain …. but I don’t like muddy lanes. 😦
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Don’t move here then. We’re thoroughly stuck with them 😦
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I can hear the squelching of wellie boots just by looking at the pictures. 🙂
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How I recall the mud and water of Yorkshire! Always had me Wellies at hand!
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I could recommend you a good mud song but you’d have like the blues (and then you’d probably know of it). Love the idea of your virtual dog. Does it mean you have to loiter near lamp posts? I’ve just come back from a wintry walk too and my ears are still tingling from the wind. Needs must though, eh?
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It has to be done. And Virtual Dog is off the lead mist of the time and discreetly disappears, then reappears.
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I can almost hear that mud squelching. Did virtual dog need a virtual bath afterwards?
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Yep. And me too! It’s a bit sad to hear the sheep squelching about in their lake-infested fields.
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Yes; seeing animals in mud is quite distressing.
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Goodness, the second photo reminded me of some of the excessively muddy hikes I’ve done through time (never in the UK, though). There were one or two, where I swear, I ended up with mud in my ears and eyes. Are you still out walking every day?
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Yes, I’ve amazed myself. Though the mud means my routes are limited.
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look at those muddy lanes! we are still blanketed with snow in my part of the world. 🙂
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How lovely. We’ve had ours for the year, I think.
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Not much chance of that happening now that we live in Arizona unless we drive quite a distance. 🙂
janet
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I’m moving then!
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I would venture to say that you are actually OVER supplied with mud!
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Sadly, you are quite right.
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Oh, mud… I do need some rain here though.
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Be our guest. We have plenty to spare.
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I so adore that mud in your first photo. Glad you shared your walk with us 😀
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Cee. I did not adore that mud. Not one bit 😉
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Mud is just as muddy in the south! And a virtual dog stays cleaner than the canine variety.
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Definitely. I’m not daft!
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I expect your Virtual Dog absolutely delighted in the mud and then you didn’t even have to do all that showering clean up. A win win.
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I really have got it sorted.
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I can give you some consolation as (I think) it’s muddy EVERYWHERE right now….. our tons of snow have melted, our rain drain is lulling us to sleep nightly and I had to change my thinking to ‘It sounds like a fountain in front of our bedroom’ for not yelling at the drip-drip…. and if all my gum boots weren’’t still in France, I’d wear them daily.
But you gift us with this über-beautiful HEART OF LIGHT and that is well worth getting a bit muddy, isn’t it?! Thank you.
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And thank you for those cheering words. I’m not a gum boot fan myself, but they are Just the Thing right now.
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