Wednesday Walk Out to Palmers Island
This post if for Wednesday walk challenge And Make me Smile Collaboration challenge, initially our collaboration was once a month but due to the popularity of it we have decided to make the collab a weekly thing :)
Any questions about the challenge read the guide at the Bottom of the post ;)
Good Morning all I hope your week is going well
For this weeks walk I am sharing a walk I took out to Palmers Island recently, probably the longest walk I have taken of recent, I was worn out when I got home, which is funny as before I had my recent health issues it would have been a short walk for me, even though I am feeling a lot better and getting out for walks I feel my energy levels still have some to build up but I will get there.
That morning I checked the app on my phone for the weather and even though it was cloudy they were not predicting any rain, so I checked another app and found the tide was low so a good time to go for a walk out to Palmers Island
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Isn't it amazing what you can do with apps on your phone, or in this case on my watch, I was able to check the weather, clouds, tides and air quality all on my watch.
Maybe not to many these days but remember I am old enough that when I was young and even a teen there was no such thing as home Personal computers let along mobile phones :)
Walking out towards the island, the dark clouds came and went but luckily no rain on this walk
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the water around the island was very still making for cool reflections
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And here I am walking onto the island the tide was low as I said no no need to get my feet wet getting there.
Often when I visit the island I head up that rock line with the ropes to get to a view point up there, but the rocks were wet from earlier rain and very slippery so I decided not to risk it going up there that day
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Walking around the edge of the island you can see the tide was way out making walking around the island possible
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the island was so green after the rain
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that puddle on the right hasn't been there after my previous visits but the day and night before we had some very heavy rain
and in this shot you get a peak off the Palmers Island Lighthouse
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Isnt a beautiful Island and I enjoy walking there especially when I have it all to myself as I did this morning, but I do get frustrated when I see people leaving trash on the island, but I wont go on about all the trash I saw there this morning, but this was a surprise to me, why would someone carry a Turkey out onto the island and just leave it there?
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and back to the beauty of the island this bare tree always catches my eye
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Looking over the marshy greens towards the Hurricane barrier wall
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Weekly giveaway of shares
This week I am sending to the following who joined Wednesday Walk, for this week I did a random draw and the following each received some Hive @hindavi, @fantagira, @pacobeta365, @freedomprepper @wilfredocav @haastrecht
Wednesday Walk is a challenge started by me, the idea is to get out for a short walk and get some shots of what you can see within a short distance of your home office or wherever you start. And this is my entry for this week, but first, let me explain the challenge.
This is my post for the Wednesday Walk challenge hosted by myself, let me first explain the guidelines
Try and get out once a week for a short walk, can be from your office, home or anywhere really and walk for a few blocks or a few minutes looking for things to get shots of.
Your walk does not have to be on a Wednesday I just ask if possible to share your walk photos on a Wednesday.
Try and get a few shots not just one
Add a bit of a write up about where you walked
Just one Wednesday Walk tagged post a week
You can look for anything in general or decide on one subject you want to get shots off.
Make a point of looking around and up and see what you can find to get shots of that otherwise you may miss
Do a post with the shots you get on a Wednesday and tag it with #wednesdaywalk, also if you happen to join, please leave a link to your post in a comment on this post and I will try and visit them all, especially if its not one of the first 5 tags or I may miss seeing it .
Following me and re-Hiving the post so more see it would be appreciated but isn't a rule just a suggestion.
I am not strict on these rules and hence why they are called guidelines and not rules
I will try and visit, and upvote all who take part in the Wednesday Walk.
I hope a few of you may find this an interesting challenge and decide to join in.
unless stated otherwise all photos used in my posts are taken and owned by myself, if you wish to use any of my images please contact me.
