But where does it lead?

Today Miss Maggie and I decided to take a bit of a walk to see where the road outside the house leads. After watching the UPS truck I was waiting for go zipping by the house up the path never to return (well, okay, he came back 4 hours later at the end of  his run.) I was curious as to where it goes. I thought it just ended in a field and that was that. Apparently not. So we explored as far as little legs and a short attention span could handle.

This is the end of the path where it comes by the house and heads into the village.

And this is what it looks like if we turn left out of our driveway. Wherever does it go? Hmm...

Wherever it goes, it's lined with blackberries (I think? Correct me I'm wrong...). There's still a tonne of fruit on the bushes, too. I'll have to look into the legalities of me picking berries along a public bridlepath. If I'm allowed, and if these berries really are what I think they are, I see lots of blackberry preserves and pies in my future. Mmm...

I also found lots of these guys. They look like either really tiny plums or really huge blueberries. My money's on plums since they grow on trees rather than bushes. I really must pick the landlady's brain about the flora around here. Apparently she's something of a plant expert and loves to share her knowledge. Could be fun!

Maggie's first taste of rural England. She seemed fascinated by it all. Best of all, however, were all the puddles to jump in. What fun!

This is where the road comes out. It carries on past the fields, but it looked like a long walk for little legs so we stopped here. The field to the left apparently belongs to our landlady. It's dotted with various types of apple trees the we have permission to harvest. Hmmm...apple and blackberry pies?

This is where we stopped. In the not so far distance I could just make out the lights that I think mark the perimeter of the base. It's the right direction and about the right distance. I wonder if the road goes that far? We may have to take the car and go exploring. If it's really close I see more car access in my future as hubby will be riding his bike.

Not sure which village that is in the distance. Just shows how close everything is here, though.

I have no idea what these are. Any ideas? They look sort of like rosehips but they're elongated and definitely not on rose bushes. We do have huge rosehips on some of the plants just on the edge of our back garden. They're on the road side so the gardiner hasn't pruned them back yet. Yet another thing I might be harvesting  if I'm allowed.

And here we are back in our parking area. You can see the back field with some of the apple trees we have access to. I have no idea how many varieties there are back there. Should be interesting!

That was this morning's mini excursion. More to follow as I steal time from unpacking to go wandering with Maggie.