Dear Thathu,
I am taking up your challenge to post a positive story about where I live - Bedford, each day for a month - while you do the same for Male', (capital of Maldives). Now I am not sure how long I can keep this up with Christmas looming and the holiday season being rather busy but here it goes.
I am going to start my post by writing about one of my favourite places in Bedford - The Priory Country Park. I am just going to write about our experience there - and not try and sound like a tourist brochure :-)
It's a place where we often go just for a walk or for Sarah to see the swans. We started going to the Priory Country Park when she was rather small and she loved the ducks or "Kucks" as she called them at the time.
It is serene on one side where you can just relax and take in the scenery. I often just sit on the bench while Sarah runs excitedly pointing at the swans. Simple natural pleasures even for a few minutes is simply bliss. It is big enough on the green for children to run around or dogs for that matter. We often end up eating in the Beefeater Grill at the Priory Marina.
There is a Water Sports Centre for those wishing to Windsurf etc. But you know me. I prefer just to relax and hear the birds and the ducks and the swans. I sit and watch the swans glide by while Sarah points out which one is Odette and which one is Odile. And of course, try and beat my other half in who can take the better picture. :-)
I am taking up your challenge to post a positive story about where I live - Bedford, each day for a month - while you do the same for Male', (capital of Maldives). Now I am not sure how long I can keep this up with Christmas looming and the holiday season being rather busy but here it goes.
It's a place where we often go just for a walk or for Sarah to see the swans. We started going to the Priory Country Park when she was rather small and she loved the ducks or "Kucks" as she called them at the time.
It is serene on one side where you can just relax and take in the scenery. I often just sit on the bench while Sarah runs excitedly pointing at the swans. Simple natural pleasures even for a few minutes is simply bliss. It is big enough on the green for children to run around or dogs for that matter. We often end up eating in the Beefeater Grill at the Priory Marina.
There is a Water Sports Centre for those wishing to Windsurf etc. But you know me. I prefer just to relax and hear the birds and the ducks and the swans. I sit and watch the swans glide by while Sarah points out which one is Odette and which one is Odile. And of course, try and beat my other half in who can take the better picture. :-)
The trees are in their autumn beauty,
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty Swans...
The woodland paths are dry,
Under the October twilight the water
Mirrors a still sky;
Upon the brimming water among the stones
Are nine-and-fifty Swans...
W.B. Yeats
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