A walk in the woods

I decided to make the most of the last few hours of being off-call and took myself off into the countryside for a nice long walk. Having grown up in a small town surrounded by farms and countryside, it has been a bit of a culture shock living in surburbia and there are times when I just need to escape. This afternoon was perfect – walking through the woods and fields; all I could hear were the grasshoppers and the birds and the wind – no traffic, no noise, no crowds. It was just such a relaxing way to end the holidays.