A vet's tour of Broughton Beck or Time flies when you are walking with vets

We were invited by the Buckerfield's to stay at their house in Broughton Beck. When Luke and I heard this we jumped with joy, FOUR WALLS AND A ROOF THAT CAN'T BLOW AWAY! We got to the town near by and almost immediately we were lost. So mum read out the instructions and dad followed them and we kept coming to these tiny alleyways and drive ways. Mum eventually gave in and called Mark Buckerfield to save us. When we finally pulled up at their house we were greeted by warm smiles and a nice pot of tea.

When we had finished catching up we were offered the opportunity to go for a guided tour around the local area. We jumped at the opportunity. We were taken past amazing 300 year old stone fences, walked through people's paddocks past all their sheep, cows and pigs - no we weren't trespassing as we were using the public footpaths. We even walked past the horizontal tree (it grows horizontally because of the wind... Thank god we aren't camping
here).


The horizontal tree



A sheep hole - the rock is removed to allow sheep to move through the fence into a different paddock.
Below is an example of the ingenious stepping stones built into the wall so that you can climb over them.


When we finally returned from our one hour walk that started at 4:35pm it was 7:25pm, our one hour walked had turned into a three hour walk (for all those smart allecks in my Maths class, Tom ,Eddy, Connor and the rest of you, I was rounding off).





A public footpath that allows you to walk through farm paddocks.

It wasn't bad actually, it was quite enjoyable really. Once we got back we were served a massive helping of ratatouille and sticky toffee pudding. We would like to thank the Buckerfield's for their hospitality.

Jake

Location:Broughton Beck