A Directional Walk

A Directional Walk

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Posted 2020-08-01 by Neil Follettfollow
If you live in suburbia, you can walk to your nearest crossroad and ponder. "Will I go North, South, East or West?" Why not try all four and any in-between.


With our travel now restricted, you can start your exercise at your front gate. "Boring," you say. Not so. You may have driven around your neighbourhood hundreds of times but you will never have noticed the myriad of things that attract your eye at walking pace


The most obvious are colourful flowers. No matter what season it is, there is always an abundance of colour in our neighbour's gardens. You may get some good ideas for your own garden. An added bonus is that you can stop and literally smell the roses.


My latest walk was in the last trimester of winter and already some spring blossoms were appearing.


An interesting observation I noticed on the walk was many new trees recently planted, within the sounds of a chainsaw cutting down a mature tree on a neighbouring property.




Trees, being at the large end of flora, can be magnificent specimens to observe and admire.




My walk was around four kilometres and I passed three small parks and reserves. Two had play equipment where both young and old could have a rest.


A neighbourhood walk can be educational. You can read the names of streets you may have driven past many times.


Rather mundane items are letterboxes, but a footpath walk reveals how many different and unusual ones there are and garden ornaments offer another visual experience.


Even on a weekday, many people were pounding the footpaths, many accompanied by their canine friends.




Many birds were observed. Several were at ground level, some in trees and many perched on powerlines giving a good view of them.






A couple of young lads were giving their bicycles some exercise and it was pleasing to see they were wearing helmets, as a friendly passing 'hello' was exchanged.


You may be able to do some of your shopping as I noticed a bucket of free oranges and a bag of lemons for only $2.00.




Rounding one corner as I neared home, I saw a saw hanging from a tree, closer inspection saw the sawyer also in the tree. It was a neighbour, so a socially distanced short conversation took place.


My four kilometre walk took about one and a half hours of good exercise and it was good exercise as some areas were undulating giving a good cardiovascular workout despite the slow pace.


Interesting gardens, colourful plants and flowers, a friendly nod and a muffled good morning to other exercise seekers made for a pleasant journey, almost without leaving home.

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