Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?

Thou art more lovely and more temperate.

My muddy woody walk has become a grassy, leafy, polleny, nettley, insecty walk!!!

Oh yes it looks lovely and I can walk a lot later in the light nights but I have been considering it a lot.

There's no such thing as bad weather, just inappropriate clothing, and it's a lot easier to keep warm than keep cool!!

In the bare wood I could see who was around, now I have no idea. There could be someone very close and I wouldn't know. The winter wood had it's spooky moments but in reality, in terms of personal safety, it was better.

So whilst the summer wood is prettier, the winter wood is probably my beloved.

I would like the winter wood in the light summer evenings with a moderate temperature : I'm sure my perfect dog walk exists somewhere in the world.

A pine forest perhaps - not so good for the wildlife though!!!!