Westbury sub Mendip Hike to Cheddar In the Spooky Mist, Part IV,' A Narrow escape Saved by  a Solita
Channel: semw52
Date: 2019-12-20

Phew--a narrow escape indeed and only just---saved by  the light of a solitary car moving slowly by and  in the thick mist along New Lane towards Priddy---I was wandering around in the mist  lost for a short while---turning right instead of left and  ending up in a filed of cattle -big cows--After seeing the dim headlight I realized I was near the airfield and  the little lane running nearby---so I wasn't really far from my original route --the Copse and isolated cottage were not really far but one small change in direction still would have corrected itself--An unintended diversion really---circling around the landmarks instead of passing close by them------I still ended up at Draycott Sleights but with the  experience of feeling 'lost in the mist'--unable to spot the familiar landmarks and references---AND the worry of meeting the cows---may a bull-------my skills of negotiating barbed wired fences are growing again this year alone---the 2nd  encounter with our huge woolly beasts--But these Earthlings were probably just as scared as me and of me when we met in the mist--they froze like statutes and watched with curiosity this creature covered in mud as I crawled under the wire and over the loose-stoned wall---my coat getting caught in a barb and my rucksack hanging precariously while I caught my breath focused on my escape--my near miss---I sat on the wall for a while --a car passed and stared --I was covered in  thick mud--hair all damp and hanging---Anyway I feel relieved and head down the Lane speaking for a while with the cows that had arrived to see me up close---we parted again----I pass the ghostly hangar  in the mist where gliders come to play --I pass the gates that lead to the copse--I know exactly where I am now----Draycott Sleights here I come---more adventures ahead on the way to Cheddar