If you go down to the woods today...

Sunny days like today deserve to be spent outdoors with your dogs, not in front of a laptop doing online courses in Safeguarding, Equality & Diversity and other tedious but necessary induction type topics.

So assuming I'm allowed a lunch break I called the hounds, donned my coat and hat...(it was chilly in the shade) and sunglasses.  I wear them a) because its a bit sunny, b) it stops my eyes from watering and c) I can see where I'm going. That's not a quiz by the way...all three apply!

Today I decided to do the woods walk as I call it. The beach walk was too far for a lunch break and the short and speedy wet weather power walk around the streets didn't wasn't an option since it wasn't wet.

Off we went up our street, Keesha to my left , Kizzy on my right. Always following the rule that Kizzy is beside the wall in case a bus or lorry passes and reduces her to a shivering wreck. Turn left at the top, over the dodgey junction and across the Broadway field...also known as  Keesha's toilet. Deposits collected, tied up and disposed off as required we headed to the woods.

I never knew these woods existed until we moved into the town. Totally hidden between houses, but really quite peaceful and pleasant. Open paths, a little muddy at times and pine carpeted tracks all criss-crossing each other means you can have a long walk if you choose your route well.

Occasionally you notice some odd bits of clothing, wood and dog chewed plastic bottles....I think its the latest canine craze this season...or maybe its all the spaniels  labs and retrievers improvising?

Today I saw this...

Someone went to a lot of trouble and effort to get that sofa there. My mind is still churning this over. Fly tippers? There's plenty of other places they could have left it. Fly tip thieves - making a den? A 'Friends' spin off series?

Unfortunately the grim truth is that its probably the local drug cartel's new hideaway.  The 'bizzies' must have found their old one.  Maybe tomorrow there will be a plasma TV and XBox too?

Watch this space.....#SofaWatch