Yesterday, we drove over to Ascot Waters for a little walk in the evening. The place had been completely redeveloped. New buildings, new parklands, new waterfront, new public gardens and sculptures and water features and art. It was all very pretty in a contrived and manicured way.

But as we ventured further west into the setting sun - we found a peculiar bridge leading to a peculiar island. And there was a peculiar smell in the air.
It was a nature reserve! How cool, we thought.

But the nature reserve turned out to be a developed landfill site!! The road turned into a rocky path, which then disappeared into a sandy track. There were flies, buggy things and wild birds. There was also a large ominous pile of “dirt” in the middle of the island - which smelt very bad indeed.

All in all, our walk was very enjoyable. But next time we’ll stick to the path most travelled.

Stumble This!