Valley Vista

This valley is one of the most beautiful sights I took in while in England. It's covered in these gorgeous pink and purple flowers, almost like a carpet. And the sweet smell is so strong, it's indescribable. I'd been on this walk on my last day in Bisley at Christmas with Jo. We stole a bottle of white wine and walked through the cold and wet valley and woods. I was impressed by the beauty of the landscape at the time but never imagined I'd be back. We started out around 4:00 which was not a particularly brilliant time as the sun was setting and it was getting dark. At one point we stopped to take in the view, and take a swig of wine, when it occured to me what an isolated, cold, dark place this was. I thought, 'Jo's standing behind me holding the bottle. If she wanted to kill me, no one would hear.' At which point Jo leaned in to me and whispered, "I could kill you and no one would hear you scream." We both laughed hysterically when I blurted out what I'd been thinking. Hmmmm. We managed to trek over to the pub The Lamb in the darkness and called for our ride. It started to rain and as we stood in the doorway of the closed pub for shelter, Jo with her hoodie up and me with my scarf wrapped around my head, two guys came out the door we were standing in front of. The first didn't see us in the darkness and when he did, screamed like a girl a la Ned Flanders. My stomach hurt from laughing.