Walking by the Canal

Well Saturday was sunny, but very cold..... as you can see from the frozen canal.... but we decided to brave the elements and explore around Crookham..... As you can see from the next shot the locals are still anticipating a WW2 German invasion, with this old "pill box" .....

..... And apparently they used to string barbed wire between these two bollards to deter amphibious landing craft on their way up the canal! .....

The ice on the canal was pretty thick.... but we weren't brave enough to try skating......

And further on ... if you look past the bridge you can see more of the bollards .......

.... and rather than walk back the way we had come, we decided to take the path across the frozen fields .... which was well signposted.... although you might not think so to look at it .........

And it was getting colder ..... and darker .....

..... and the moon was out as we neared the end of our walk....

And, if you believe in good fortune..... it was just in the middle of nowhere that a black cat came running down the track and found me and spent a good while crossing... and recrossing... my path ... and so, as tomorrow is my "big day" back at the Marsden, it just seemed to be a good omen .... I certainly hope so anyway!!!

I go in early tomorrow..... so fingers crossed !!!!