The pouring rain

Uckfield to Buxted
12-Nov-16
24.90 km
15.48 miles
5  people
6.00 hours

The rain poured down that day
Along the broken paths we walked
Over hidden stiles in thickets
Trails overgrown in undergrowth.

We walked into the sombre dusk
The shower lessened to a drizzle
Rural lanes through woods and fields
Waterlogged grass and muddy feet.

The lunchtime locals in the pub
Talked beetroot and fine white wine
For the forthcoming festive days
We sat and thawed over vegan beer
That winter day after Martinmas
Shivered with cold on the way home.

The Fog

Polegate to Glynde
Date 29-Oct-16
Actual Distance km  26.70
Actual Distance miles 16.59
People 9

We walked uphill into the clouds
The damp nimbus impregnating our clothes
With freezing water and drizzle
In our own private world of mists.

The air then cleared and left a view
A crimson band above the azure sea
Cosy hamlets nestling at our feet
Under the distant glooming clouds.

In the cold and foggy cloudscape
We talked about our little lives
Remembered conviviality long gone
We rejoiced in the distant sea
The golden sunset the low skyline
Fields blanketed in evening mist.