Flatford (not so wet today)

It being my last rest day before going back to work tomorrow, plus the weather still being a bit "spring like", we decided to pop over the border again, and see how Flatford Mill was now, since this short period of dry weather.
If you have read my previous blog, you will know that it was a tad wet a few weeks ago.

So we parked up, put on the walking boots and off we went. Now last time, the gate that leads to the footpath to go to Dedham was completely flooded along with a lot of the field, but to our surprise, the water had receded, and the field was not too soggy.

So we decided to see how far we could get to Dedham before it became too waterlogged.

There is still some flooding as you can see, in the foreground is the river Stour, the "lake" beyond that is normally a field

But always a reminder of the very bad weather that was with us just a short while ago.

But the wildlife (above) seemed happy enough, and blossom on the trees, a sure sign of spring is just around the corner.









Well, we made it all the way across to Dedham, had to dodge a few muddy areas. Well, it would have been rude not to, so we stopped for lunch at The Essex Rose, again one of our favourite places to eat.



We got a bit of a buzz of the way back :-), yes he was that low

And so we made the walk back to Flatford to find the car, and just caught Mr Duck going for a swim