Mossy wildlife

Guildford is a large town with many pretty nooks and crannies as well as it's open spaces at cathedrals (officially the ugliest in the country, apparantly), castles and on bike trails. In muddy conditions, though admittedly nowhere near as muddy as a certain event earlier this year in scotland, we headed out along with the rest of Guildfords' population on its once-yearly escape to the fresh air of the downs. Disappointingly, the tea shop was closed, but munching on almonds and sweetened papaya on a hillside was just as pleasant.


The castle sits in some very tailored grounds with stunning moss-covered walls of the richest green imagineable. After much silliness we headed through the university campus to the cathedral at the top of a hill, nicely overlooking not only the town but the university lake where we felt like that boy with the flute who all the animals were attracted to, only we had foody goodness and not a flute.


As the year draws to a definite close I look at the weather forecasts with a lighter heart than last time, seeing that the -4 degree predictions have changed to a +8, allowing a not-so-frozen escape to the big clock for a lot of body-crushing and some fireworks. And the possibility of snow on Thursday! Yippeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!