Things can change so quickly and when they do change it’s often for the worse. Not having much money our pleasures were in simple things such as a short drive out into the country and then a walk. There were a number of places we used to go to mostly country parks.
The one at the reservoir was a favourite and then they put up car parking charges so we could no longer afford to go there. Instead we went to the other car park on the reservoir where it was possible to feed the ducks, geese and swans. We have had wonderful days there feeding the birds and throwing up bread into the air for noisy small gulls that dived over our car an in Hitchcock-like frenzy. We have watched the changing mood colours of the lapping water. We have cycled from that point and walked from that point.
A few days ago we went there again and to our dismay there were now new car parking signs. It’s £2:50 to park there now. We couldn’t afford to stay and had to turn the car around and leave.
It’s such a shame. It means we will never go there again. We used to pop in there sometimes if we just needed a change of scene after a tough day at work/school. We used to pop in just for minutes sometimes to feed the birds or to get an ice-cream from the ice cream van. This will never happen again. We have lost a freedom we had treasured.
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