Last weekend we went for a walk

We live in a country park, so it seems a shame that we had not explored much so far.
Ian had found a pathway that said it was an easy walk for a family, taking about an hour. There was also a Folk Museum on the way.

We were going to take the bus down the hill to the pathway (about 4km away) but a neighbour picked us up instead.
Here we are ready for our walkies...

There are many hillside shrines like this one.
Not sure what this one is for - it might be the hill god (God of Mountain) or it might be an ancestors shrine.
It is in regular use, incense sticks abound.

There was a God of Mountain shrine here up to 30 yrs ago.















Ooooh this is pretty.
We are close to the sea. Mountain streams abound and run off into the sea all over the park.
All the way along this walk are signs telling us about interesting things.
One here explained the mudflats and alluvial deposits.
You can see the path was concreted all the way - you could have pushed a buggy along it!.
As we stride along the paths more signs tell us about the plant life. We found the sandpaper vine, which has very rough leaves and has been used for scouring. There is a plant whose flower makes tea for gastric troubles - we are going back for that one!

Made it! We survived our first walk and are still in good humour. Hurrah.

Read on to find out about the museum.