Westbury sub Mendip to Cheddar Hike in The Spooky Mist, Part II,' Mud, Mud Glorious MUD, Mist Mist,
Channel: semw52
Date: 2019-12-19

I meet a flock of brave looking sheep--their shapes misleading in the whiteness--they stare at me in silence but soon vanish like everything else as my walk progresses--I keep close to the wall just in case a need arises to make a rapid exit from the field--cows could be dressed up as sheep  --He He hee-----Usually I walk straight across the top of this field with views over to the distant copse and isolated cottage on the horizon but not today---in fact  I have never walked this route in these conditions before--------The film 'A Werewolf in London' comes to mind in the scene where they were walking across the open Yorkshire Moors but told by the  folk in the pub not to leave the main track but they do...……….and so do I after crossing over the stile and entering a massive field where the path soon disappear-----many paths come and go but I am determined to head Straight across but the stile  I am looking for  blends in well into the wall and even in broad daylight it can be hard to find and see..... BUT NOW the mist adds to the problem of locating the stile---amazing disorientation when I have walked here many times over the years--the eyes play tricks--optical illusions as well with trees and shrubs taking on alternative forms shaped by the MIST...No sign of the copse of tall trees or isolated cottage--no references to guide me--no compass either---a bit scary but challenging all the same---have I entered another time zone   !!!!!!!!!!!!!      Into the mist I go !!!!!!!!