The adventures continue

Well mummy is still keeping her promise to me and finding new places for us to explore together. This week just when I thought we were going on one of our normal walkies I heard the familiar noise of my backpack coming out. Now normally this means a ride in the car (which I don’t like very much) to get to some of mine and mummy’s favourite walking spots but this time it seemed mummy had a different idea, instead of being strapped into the car we walked and walked and walked, with me jiggling to mummy’s familiar footsteps every step of the way. It’s a funny feeling being juggled but it’s kinda fun too. Then eventually I felt mummy fidgeting with the backpack which is normally followed by a gentle thud of the backpack coming to rest on the ground, then the zzzzzip of the lid, the clip of the lead and I’m freed.

This place smelt different, a whole host of new smells and I could hear people in the distance, children laughing, the wind whispering through trees, insects buzzing and birds flapping, all to the background noise of mummy’s feet as we started off exploring. As usual I led the way with mummy following on behind as we ventured further and further the sounds of the people faded into the distance and were replaced with beautiful silence with only the sounds of Mother Nature for company. I could tell from these sounds that this was a wood and a big one but different to the ones I’ve been to before, this one seemed more spread out, we could wander with our foot and pawsteps crunching through the carpet of crispy leaves that were once way up high at the top of the trees before they flutters down to the ground where we were enjoying walking through them now.

There was so much to explore I didn’t quite know where to start, as we walked I thought it would be fun to find a tree to climb but not any tree but the biggest one I could find. I could tell that there would be plenty to chose from but there’s always one extra special tree in a wood, you’ve just got to be patient and search it out. So I listened very hard, tilting my head up towards the sky to listen to all the leaves dancing on the ends of the branches, listening to each one and working out which one was the furthest away and would then be at the tip top of the very tallest tree. And there it was, waaaay up in the distance, one little leaf fluttering away on the highest of all the branches. I walked mummy towards the noise and then she said “wow Jenny, that’s a giant tree”

Of course I just had to spend some time exploring this huge, majestic tree so mummy and I stopped our adventuring for a little bit to have some fun in the tree. It was so big my little legs didn’t even make it part way round the huge trunk so mummy (unusually) gave me a little, rather unceremonious bunk up, I then scrabbled and clawed my way up to a perfect perching spot. From way up here it seemed like I could hear the whole world, what a vantage spot. As the breeze blew, the scents of the forest wafted like waves past me, giving me the chance to understand what animals live here in this beautiful place. After we had chilled for a bit mummy helped me down and we carried on walking through the wood, having smelt the scents up in the tree, back down on the ground I could really hone in on those interesting smells.

There was so much to explore in the woods but eventually mummy and I had walked so far that I suddenly felt the warm sun on my fur as we entered a little grassy patch. Then back into the cover of trees again but this part wasn’t the same as the other, the wood was smaller and the trees closer together, more like the woods mummy and I have explored before. I could tell the trees here were smaller than the other ones, a bit more Jenny size so I gave one a try with a quick little up and down climb. There was a new smell here, a fresh smell, the smell of water, mummy said there was a little nearly dry stream running alongside us. There was a lovely little clearing that we took some time to just explore this a little bit before heading on along the path again. This was a lovely little wood and mummy chatted away to me whilst we walked along saying “I wonder where the path leads” and then before we knew it we reached the end of this wood as well!

At the end of the wood was a strange thing that seemed very odd to me, there were some steps but not ordinary steps, these ones had some strange barrier next to them, mummy helped me explore this strange stairway which she called a stile. Mummy said our footpath carried on over the stile but we’d already been walking for quite a while so it was time to head back and maybe we could explore past the stile another time.

As we headed back I thought that all the real excitement was over but on the way back there was even more, more rewards for us that the woods was hiding away, little creatures buzzing around mummy’s head which sounded super scary, she called it a dragonfly which sounds like a fiercesome but exciting beast although confusingly quiet and a little creature trying to hop away from me that mummy said would turn into a prince if I kissed it but sadly it jumped away before I could pucker up.

We can managed to find some exciting things on the way back, somebody had built us a fort to play in and I gave it a thorough inspection, maybe mummy and I could hang out in here next time we come to the woods. We could use it like a base camp to explore from there and set out on a new exploration in a new direction each time we visit. Rom the sound of it, it could take me and mummy a long time to explore the entire woods but that’s ok coz I’m happy to come back here as much as mummy wants coz it’s just such a wonderful place.

All too quickly, although mummy says we’d been walking for a couple of hours, it was time to head home where I could tell my sisfurs and daddy all about my exploits and the magical new place mummy found for us to go. So mummy popped me into my backpack and we hot footed it back home safely, jiggling all the way. I know that I will sleep well tonight and dream of great explorations.

Just think, if a little blind cat can be an adventure cat and explore the great outdoors and new places then just imagine what you can do. Don’t just dream it, do it.