Quiet places.

12 May. With 6 of us in our family everyday life is generally quite noisy. Moments of quiet and quiet places stand out. On our visit to Walkmill this day Rowan found a hole where he felt mice lived. He has been noticing holes and borrows on walks a lot recently. A reminder that a lot of natures activity goes on away from our ears and eyes underground. At the stream by the corner Rowan found a quiet place to sit and spend a little time. As we walked back towards the Frizington Road carpark towards the end of our walk I was drawn to walk off the path. We had walked off this path a little some time ago when we were gathering leaves for our nature art. This time I had an unexpected suprise and found a clearing. A large space, a clearing. It seems to be fenced off from the woodland. I wondered if it was part of the woodland or own by someone else. All the plans and excitement I had felt about the community asset transfer from the County Council to our Parish Council with our community group and West Cumbria Rivers Trust re awoke. What could be done with this bit of open space? After all these years there are still many new discoveries to be had here.