Epsom Common

A stroll anti clockwise around the all weather path this morning, thinking that it would be nice to walk out of the sun, which it was.

I am pleased to record that I came across no signs of recent activity of the chain saw volunteers, although the unsightly fences for the methane squirters were still in place. On the other hand someone, probably just a vandal rather than a conscientious objector to the activity of the volunteers, had taken a saw, chain saw or otherwise, to some of the nice new wooden signs put up last year.

No animal life worth mentioning, and the next best thing was a couple of ponies being barebacked by a couple of young ladies. On the vegetable life front, interested to see that many of the older oak trees on the Common have dead branches, particularly lower down, under the canopy, which they are slowly shedding. In this respect just like the older oak tree next door which overhangs most of the back of our back garden. Maybe one fine day, something large will come down.

A bit odd that I can find no record of walking on the Common since 21st January when there was still snow on the ground. It is true that I have largely abandoned the Common in favour of the Horton Lane circuit but I feel sure that I have been on the Common since January: record keeping not up to snuff at all.