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A relaxing Sunday post felt necessary today, after another busy old week. The first full week back to work is always a tough one, and I was ready for a slow weekend! My dad’s birthday, back in October, offered a perfect excuse to head home for the weekend, and one of the things we did was a woodland walk from Hare Hill to Alderley Edge and back, pausing for cake in the middle of course. I wanted to share some of these pictures because it was the most beautiful day: sunny yet chilly. Where are your favourite outdoor spaces?

Opposite my flat, there is a park. I’ve done a lot of sitting in it, a lot of thinking. In the six months I’ve lived here a lot has changed, lots of decisions have been made, and lots of thoughts have been thought. It’s only small, a combination of grass and trees and flowerbeds, but it’s the first time I’ve had a regular outdoor space that lets me clear my head. The luxury of having it outside my flat is one I’ve made sure I enjoy. One thing I’ve learnt over the past couple of years is how important it is to lend proper time to thinking, to your thoughts. When you go through a period where your thoughts become ‘out of control’, or ‘disordered’, or ‘unhealthy’, you have to reassess the way you deal with those thoughts. My head would be spinning with a thousand things at once, all screaming at me that they were urgent, and none of which I could switch off. In a previous job, I took the decision to walk the 3.5 miles each way, every day, to wo...