A walk in
the woods
Lost hats, toys, gloves, dog leads and so forth are left on highly visible posts.
The notice is a reminder that fire can spread very rapidly. With summer school holidays beginning in the next couple of days, the danger of uncontrolled fire increases as inexperienced teenagers set fires to cook sausages and boil water in warm evenings. They extinguish the flames and think that is sufficient, but the ground beneath is hot and can reignite if it has not been thoroughly soaked.
A few years ago we came across a smouldering fire and had to call the fire brigade. There was no way for the fire engine to get into the woods so they had to bring a stirrup pump to douse it.
It's usually refreshing to be among the trees in the woods, but it's been very dry here and the air smelt odd. The closest I could identify it as was unwashed socks!
It's just started raining and already the air smells fresher. Unfortunately, we need it to rain steadily for hours, and that doesn't seem to be happening.
Those nearby woods look delightful. Is that Barry with the stick?
ReplyDeleteThe Brother and I were forbidden to play in the woods. Ma was convinced there were hoboes. In all of the times I played in the woods, I never once saw a hobo or evidence of hoboes. (Ma worked so what you mama don't know, your mama don't mind)
ReplyDeleteThe decades of mulch reminds me a little of those Zombie Fires in Canada. They go underground in the winter only to return in the spring and summer. The science of wild fire is interesting to me since I live in a fireprone area. I’ve learned a lot from the fires we’ve had that I never knew when I lived in the city.
ReplyDeleteYour woods look so nice. I enjoy forests and mountains. My happy place!