... It was a day just right...
... for trekking with a sock.
When I was a small child there was a book I used to borrow from the library as often as I could. I can’t remember who wrote it, I can’t remember what it’s title was, I can’t even remember what happened at the end, but the starting sentences have passed into family legend…
“It wasn’t a cold day. It wasn’t a hot day. It was a day just right for climbing a mountain.”
Today we had weather like that. Beautiful sunshine, with a slight breeze that kept us all cool on our expedition.
Our intrepid explorers set off:
Our mission – to introduce the sock to some of our native forms of transport – namely trains, planes and… helicopters.
We set off along the track to the railway line:
Along the way we showed it lots of wild flowers …
... as well as the local “hill”:
(it’s really more of a hiccup than a hill, but hey – some people need to change gear when they cycle over it – it’s the best we’ve got around here… )
“But where is the sock?” I hear you cry? Look a little closer and you will see the boy is carrying a rucksack:
Look closer still:
Eventually our weary travellers reached their goal – the gate to the level crossing:
... and look – a train!! (I was going to count all the trains we saw – I lost count at about 15.)
The sock was very impressed:
Our weary travellers turned back towards home, stopping on the way to consume the refreshments brought by the girl:
Oh, and in case you were worried, we succeeded in our mission – planes:
trains:
and helicopters:
The sock is now very tired after a very exciting afternoon.
thirteen comments:
It sounds like you have a great support team for your Treks! The socks look nice, too.Jen () (link) - 06 June '06 - 21:47
What a lovely way to spend the day and get your Trekking used to doing a little Trekking. Cute kids, too!margene () (link) - 06 June '06 - 21:53
thaty’s cute, in the US we call a rucksake a bookbag, even if you don’t put books in it, it’s always a bookbag! It’s good to learn new words, I wonder where rucksake comes from? is there like something called a ruck?pixie () (link) - 06 June '06 - 22:51
A most excellent adventure—I hope your sock took a nap when he got home
Dave () (link) - 06 June '06 - 23:52
That looks like a great way to take along some Trekking socks.Uli () (link) - 07 June '06 - 00:12
What a lovely sunny summer day….it was miserable and raining over hereDonni () (link) - 07 June '06 - 03:23
What intrepid explorers! Next, the view from the hilltop??Mary de B () (link) - 07 June '06 - 08:52
Sounds like a great day! The kids are so cute in their sun hats!Marie () (link) - 07 June '06 - 09:01
Looks like you, the children and the sock had a grand trek. I really enjoyed your picture story.Wool Winder () (link) - 07 June '06 - 16:00
so cool!! the trains are fun! and the flowers very pretty…. can I just point out that ruth looks like a film star in the glasses and the hat!xXx
ruth () (link) - 08 June '06 - 11:20
I love your trekking story. It seems we have similar socks that go on similar treks.Kimberly () (link) - 09 June '06 - 09:12
Hi, I’ve been wandering around people’s blogrolls and ended up here!! Loving your blog! Especially like this entry – would love to do a similar thing with my children (7 & 3)
Suzy () (link) - 11 June '06 - 11:25
It’s not fair. I had to carry my own sock when I went trekking last week. I obviously need to borrow a small child from somewhere…Daisy () (link) - 11 June '06 - 12:22
