New sights to see

This afternoon Nick was at a bit of a loose end. He can’t do much preparatory work in the afternoon because his brain is tired by then, and his guitar pupil cancelled. We took a drive to Millennium Forest, hoping to get some good scenery photos, but the skies greyed over again as we were en route. It’s been raining and raining these past two or three days, with just a few short breaks of dry weather or sunshine. So we turned around to come home, but made a detour along a road where we saw a signpost pointing to “Cox’s Battery”. Nick very much enjoys the battery excursions, and this is one we hadn’t explored. We drove the car quite far through bumpy dirt roads until we thought best to park, and then walked a short distance along the track. Didn’t find the battery, but the scenery was very interesting. We were on the verge of a huge valley, very rocky and dry, with the Barn in front of us. I was wearing sandals, so couldn’t accompany Nick and the boys too far down the track before stopping, where I waited and waited while they threw rocks down the valley, feeling very proud of themselves at the noise they had made. Boys. We had a snack and took an unimpressive family photo, then headed back.