New year

Happy New Year to anyone who’s come across this.

2025 wasn’t the best for me. A few personal things I’d rather not get into here, but I’m hoping they correct themselves over the next twelve months. It feels like the right time to reset, or at least try.

I wish I had something positive to report. I don’t.

I’ve been dealing with flu for the last week or so, and by the time I finally felt well enough to go out for a walk, my phone battery had died before I’d even reached the south path. Typical timing.

I still went looking for the trees I mentioned before. I’m fairly sure I was in the right area, but again, I couldn’t find any sign of the carvings. The trees are there. I just can’t see anything on them.

While I was looking, I had a strange feeling that I wasn’t alone. I stopped a few times and looked around, expecting to see a dog walker or someone passing through, but there was no one. No movement. No sound.

You know that feeling when you’re being watched, even though there’s nothing obvious there? I had that come over me suddenly. A shiver, more than anything.

It passed once I got back onto the main path. Still, it’s been playing on my mind more than I’d like.