Friday Favourties - Exploring the local area

Recently I have been taking walks around our local 26 mile footpath with a friend. The main purpose behind these walks is for me to paint and draw the landscape for art. However my friend and I find ourselves getting lost in conversation and marvelling at the landscape, that I forget to work and just sit and look at the landscape.

It's incredible to think that such a landscape is near where I live but I had never thought to explore. Whenever I go on car or train journeys I spend most of the time with my earphones in and just staring out of the window. It feels good to take time to walk around as sometimes when we're in a car we tend to take the same daily route and miss out on the peaceful landscape slightly out of the way of the main roads.

I urge you to go out for a walk this week and explore where you live or wherever you go on holiday. There is something special about walking with good company and letting time fly by.

A quick photo I took to show a small part of my local landscape