Wednesday, September 07, 2005

Horsing around

This weekend, been to Horsford. Not a spectacularly beautiful place. But the journey was fantastic.


From Norwich starts a National Cycle way called Marriots Way. Goes all the way to Taverham. About 26 miles long. One of the longest traffic free routes in the UK. Imagine a tiny road, with no cars in sight through country side, through fields of wheat and dense trees, with the river sometimes touching it sides. Families out in droves cycling. Dogs walking their people. Locals pretending to fish. Sections of Marriots Way are built along an unused railway line. Sometimes, it almost feels like luxury to be riding along this road.


Horsford Forest is full of conifer trees. Densely packed in neat rows. Nothing but conifers, which is rare in the UK. I havent seen these trees growing atleast in England. Anyway, in all of the forest, there was no one but me. And it wasnt scary. It was a great place for some deep comtemplation - trying to seek the answers to all the fundamental questions in the universe. Unfortunately, there was no one around to do it for me.



The day was capped by an intellectual caper - Dukes of Hazzard.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Man you should see more conifers in India. BTW have fun and don't increase tooo many ISD bills :-)

Abhi T said...

Conifers, where in Mumbai or Pune?
Yes, up in North you mean. Haan. Honeymoon ke liye jaata hoon. Hahaha!