We had a slowish start today and eventually arrived back at Kemberton for 10am. The girls and Barney walked out with me to Kemberton Mill and then turned back to visit Ironbridge and to meet up with me at the end of the day’s walk. I continued by the stream through bluebell woods, with a few wood anemones and stitchwpet, with the stream banks covered in wild garlic and marsh marigolds. Joining a minor road my attention was particularly drawn to the deep burrows of the ploughed red soil which created a striking visual pattern. I joined one of those long tracks which seem to go on for ever and where I tend to zone out, but I was distracted by a spray irrigation system for a large field of young salads, watching the mist disperse across the crops. I stopped for lunch 12:40 for 20 mins as just gone past Tong. There were large fields of rapeseed - brilliant yellow and with powerful perfume. I was disturbed by a reduced number of birds and no birds of prey. This was largely arable land ...