a nice walk

Its been a beautiful sunny day again today think the wind was colder than yesterday but not that bad. When you are in a sheltered spot the sun felt really warm,  
It was too nice to stay inside so managed to talk Chris into going for another walk along the canal mainly because part of the walk at least is sheltered from the wind, I  think if we had gone along the coast path it would have been too cold for him sitting in his chair,
so  I got him a bag of bird food so he could feed the swans that kept him happy but when we got there although they came over to see us they were not interested in food  either they had already had people feeding them or  as Chris said they were in a grumpy mood lol

  After we left there we went across onto the cycle track  and found a couple of painted stones we haven't been able to find any for a while now so was nice to find some today, we left them on the fence for someone else to enjoy 

  
Along that part of the walk it was really sheltered and the sun was really warm , We saw an egret but to far away to get a good photo

 

 And then saw these 2 ducks on the little stream that flows alongside the reeds I really love this photo  once in a while I get a photo that Im happy with and this is one of them

 At the end of that stretch of path we turn back towards the canal and over the bridge that crosses a smaller river that's when the wind hit us again, you have probable seen this stretch of the canal  before but it was so quiet and peaceful along there

The  pussy willows are beginning to show on most of the trees but just down this stretch one tree has been out for a while now It looks so pretty the white silky catkins are turning into pretty jade coloured bottle brush flowers it really  look lovely against the beautiful blue sky

We stopped at the bird hide but only a couple of ducks sleeping on the little island there   last year the Canada geese had a nest there wonder if they will this year too, at the end of the canal we crossed over the road and started walking towards the beach but the cold wind was getting at Chris to much so we decided to head for home with one last photo looking out to sea

 Hope you enjoyed coming on a walk with us, When we got home I had some nice mail but will keep that for another day, look after yourselves