A walk in the countryside

It was a nice day finally, a wee bit chilly, but no rain until the evening. It started with me opening up the curtains to a male pheasant strutting around the driveway with his harem of 4 females. He would have been dinner, but the pheasant season is over so no go. It's funny how they've only come out after their season is over. After breakfast O and I went for about a 5 mile walk in the countryside. It's a nice loop that only has you on the a large road for about 10 minutes and then the rest is a really small lane with lots of nice houses and fields. It usually takes about 1.5 hrs since I make stops to show O the sheep, chickens and horses along the way. However, today it took almost 2 hrs cause she was very cranky half way through, kept taking her gloves off and screamed when I put her back in the stroller after letting her walk for a wee bit. That will teach me for not taking a dummy (pacifier) with me. Below are some pictures of things we saw along the way.

Here's the pheasant male himself on the patio.

If you don't know what this is, this is a national speed limit sign. It means when you see this you would normally you go 60 mph. But if you see it on a motorway it means you can go 70 mph and other roads you would go 50 mph. Kind of confusing.



Here's the sign as you enter the village



Look, it's a Cialis commercial! Actually it's just an old tub left in a field for the sheep.

I love looking at the hills. It so beautiful.



More sheep! I took this picture cause this was the first time we were able to see the lambs.




Not sure if you can see, but there is some snow in the higher hills.



A road sign on the lane. It's not often you see signs in Gaelic and English in the north.



The lane.



A side view of the River Moyola. It's banks are swelled because of all the rain.

An abandoned barn.






We think this is an abandoned house with an old shed.



O enjoying her walk.



Happy baby!



Took this picture for all of you in New England, green grass.





Another road sign









oíche mhaith