Walking in Nature! 🏞

Every weekend (when we are allowed) my family and I go on a long walk to a national park, the countryside or lakes; rain or shine. Just yesterday we went on a walk and got completely soaked, but we still carried on. I always enjoy it; it makes me feel calm and happy. 

Have you heard of the word nemophilist (pronounced nem-o-fill-ist)? Well, it means someone who has a love for forest or woodland scenery, or someone who visits them. I like the word a lot, and thought I should just mention it🙂.

Anyway, as much as I love the scenery of nature, sometimes some things ruin it. At least twice on our walks, a bright piece of colour which shouldn't be there obscures the scene. What I mean by a 'bright piece of colour' is a bit of litter. I mean, nature is the worst place to litter! Not only, as I mentioned, does it damage the landscape, there will be a lot more wild animals who could pick it up and feed it to their young (or my dog will spot a tissue and eat it, yes it's disgusting, and yes we try to stop it, but we can't help it if they're all over!) When you're on a walk in the proper countryside with nothing around except trees and grass etc, there's probably not going to be many bins around. But that doesn't mean you drop or hide any of your litter! You could bring your own bag to put your things in, or you could place it somewhere if you know you're coming back the same way and you can collect it when you come back (but that might not be so nice for the people walking behind you). 

Also, there are usually signs up, but you shouldn't feed any animals if you happen to see some - unless it is said to be okay or you are given a particular amount and type of food by someone who works there. I'm sure we've all fed bread to birds sometime in our lifetime. Although bread isn't harmful for them, it doesn't have the protein and fat that are necessary for them to have.  

Thank you for reading this post. I love going on walks in nature, and it's much better than using your time on screens (which I'm sure we're all guilty of). See you next week!

Violet

          xxx