{"id":2119,"date":"2013-11-04T18:10:58","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T17:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2119"},"modified":"2013-11-04T18:10:58","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T17:10:58","slug":"rest-and-recuperation-a-walk-in-the-woods-04112013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/northumberland\/rest-and-recuperation-a-walk-in-the-woods-04112013","title":{"rendered":"Rest and recuperation; A walk in the woods 04\/11\/2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Goldcrests<\/strong> <\/em>are flitting tirelessly through the branches just overhead, <em><strong>Jays<\/strong> <\/em>are leaving the edge of the wood and flying over nearby fields on strange bat-like wings, the thin high <em>seee<\/em> calls of <em><strong>Redwings<\/strong> <\/em>mingle with the calls of <em><strong>Blackbird<\/strong> <\/em>and <em><strong>Song Thrush<\/strong><\/em> as they head for the deepest darkest interior of the woods, seeking the sanctuary of their night-time roost and, beneath my feet, the soft yet lacerating carpet of <em><strong>pine<\/strong> <\/em>needles adds to the earthy scent of autumnal decay as the putrid stench of a <em><strong>Common Stinkhorn<\/strong><\/em> assaults my sense of smell.\u00a0 The cold damp air penetrates through to my gloved hands, biting at the flesh, a gentle hint that winter is on it&#8217;s way.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m on familiar territory; <strong>Choppington Woods<\/strong> occupies almost the entire view from our office window and provides an escape from the office and the fresh air to invigorate my mind.\u00a0 Today though, it isn&#8217;t just about getting outside.\u00a0 It&#8217;s ten days since I had surgery to remove the scar tissue from an old shoulder injury.\u00a0 By next week I&#8217;ll be able to drive again, and the stitches will be removed from the operation wounds.\u00a0 Another two weeks in and around the office and then I&#8217;ll be back guiding clients before the end of the month \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p>For now though, I&#8217;m wrapped in the warming embrace of the multi-sensory comfort blanket of the world outside, with the words of my surgeon, when I came round from the anesthetic, still firmly burned into my memory &#8220;best thing for your recovery is to just get on with your normal life&#8221; &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Goldcrests are flitting tirelessly through the branches just overhead, Jays are leaving the edge of the wood and flying over nearby fields on strange bat-like wings, the thin high seee calls of Redwings mingle with the calls of Blackbird and Song Thrush as they head for the deepest darkest interior of the woods, seeking the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,107,5,139],"tags":[133,601,135,24,22,145],"class_list":["post-2119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-choppington-woods-northumberland","category-family-and-friends","category-northumberland","category-southeast-northumberland","tag-blackbird","tag-common-stinkhorn","tag-goldcrest","tag-jay","tag-redwing","tag-song-thrush"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2120,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2119\/revisions\/2120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernexperiencewildlifetours.co.uk\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}