A Walk in the Woods

Lashing rain all day except when Claudia and I went for a walk in the woods near her house in the New Forest.  This lovely ancient oak is at the centre of one huge clump. Claudia is a Head Hunter who has moved me around before and we’ve become friends. We talked about work and the parlous state of the TV industry but she was positive and helpful.  

She lives about 400 yards away from the only other person I know in the New Forest and as they were both brought up there they do of course know each other.  I still find it thrilling to be there, driving slowly through a herd of ponies standing in the road, with their foals actually lying down.  The foresters are inveterate mushroomers and C told me of the basket of ceps she’d picked over the weekend. Of course it is really a mix of heathland and forest but also has some lovely coastline.  

Drove there and back in bad rain though and was glad to make it safely home by 5pm.  V back from teaching about 8 and I cooked dinner and we watched ep 4 go out.  Poor V I’m making him watch it one by one.