On the last day before this seemingly eternal lockdown will finally be eased, we decided to make one of our favourite walks, which usually starts around Homerton/Luard Road, then proceeds to Trumpington and goes straight to Grantchester and its meadows.
Today it looked a bit risky, though: my phone was constantly nagging me about upcoming precipitation yet we took the decision to go anyway: after all, it’s England so you can’t expect much from the weather: it would be too foolish.
Our humility was rewarded: we were blessed with mostly sunny and pleasantly chilly air, which seemed even nicer because every minute we were waiting for thunderstorms and havoc.
And lilacs! Yes, them again: they are blooming pretty much everywhere, pale, purplish and snowy white, and it made me think that all the mischievous fairies who, apparently, live inside their tender petals and are ready to lure us to the Forbidden Lands anytime, just didn’t bother this afternoon. Or maybe, as Jane Eyre suggested once, they “all forsook England a hundred years ago,” […] And not even in Hay Lane, or the fields about it, could you find a trace of them. I don’t think either summer or harvest, or winter moon, will ever shine on their revels more.”
In the middle of our walk, just between Trumpington and Grantchester, we made a slight detour and went towards Byron’s Pool, where according to local lore, Lord Byron swam. The surroundings with its shady sycamores, ivy and moss, looked splendid, but the pool was somewhat ordinary, like every other small pond.
In meadows we bumped into a herd of cows—or, rather, very young calves who, like human children, were silly and cheerful: a few of them chased each other around like somewhat large doggos, and others made noises of happiness. While walking around them, I trapped in the mud, and my shoes immediately got so dirty that, when we got back, our neighbour politely nodded to us and then said with subtle sympathy in his voice: “Looks like you had a lovely day in the countryside.”
Fair enough we did!
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