East Yorkshire: Kelsey Gardens (2.6 miles)

 Sunday, 6th December 2020

With the dark nights (who invented that saying? night are, by definition, dark!) now upon us during the week, I took the opportunity for a late afternoon stroll in the sunshine.

After the past couple of days' heavy rain, I expected it to be wet and muddy.  And I wasn't disappointed.

As this can be a "welly-bobs" kind of walk I thought I'd try out gaiters with my walking shoes to see whether or not the idea was a pointless waste of time.

It's not the most exciting of walks but it's a pleasant way to while away an hour or so.

Some pics:

Leafless trees - winter has already arrived

Keyingham Drain looking very full after the recent rain

Nice, wide grassy track

Not so nice, wide grassy track!

View towards Keyingham from "the hill"

Sunset at Kelsey Gardens

Some different "social distancing" notices:

...though I'm pretty sure a low-loader is longer than 2 metres!

Very large puddle!

And so, back to the car

I chose the best part of the day to get out for an hour I think, and, despite it only being a short walk, I really enjoyed it.

The gaiters and shoes thing?  Hmm, okay for this sort of walk where ending up with mud halfway up your legs is the main concern but I really do need to put some thought into getting some boots with an ankle cuff that doesn't aggravate my achilles tendon... or some different gaiters.

Thanks for reading 😊