The Long Branch

As I said yesterday I bumped into my walking partner while at the offices yesterday and we'd made plans to go for a walk today.  I wasn't sure how far I would be able to walk, so we made plans to get together after breakfast.  I headed over to his house, but made a short detour onto Cannock Chase to see what kind of colour the leaves were developing.  

I was impressed by this branch (yes, it is all one branch), and the stress it had experienced over the years.

The walk started with an idea of doing about 6 miles, it ended up with us doing more than 10 and (so far) I haven't had any reaction to the exertion.  It was great to be back out and I was pleased to feel OK after the walk.