Last weekend we went for a walk in our wellies.
It was a beautiful day (yes, my husband really is wearing shorts and a t-shirt on 2nd November!), and we didn’t really need our wellies. But, we wanted to remember a special little girl and to support her mummy. So, thousands of miles away from the Matilda Mae Welly Walk in Beale Park, we had our own walk.
We headed to Middlesex Fells, where we often go if we just want to get out for an hour and stretch our legs.
This is the first time that the wee girl has joined in the walk! She has always been in the back pack before. But steadier legs mean that she can now manage most of this walk herself, and it was absolutely lovely to see her running along with her brothers.
There were leaves to be kicked; trees to be hugged; branches to be pulled; rocks to be climbed; treasures to be found.
And, of course, there were bubbles to be blown.
In memory of Matilda Mae.
As always I am linking up with the wonderful Coombe Mill’s Country Kids. Click on the badge to see what everyone else has been up to and be inspired to get outside!
What a lovely and thoughtful walk. Even squeezed in some tree hugging and bubble blowing. Absolutely beautiful.#CountryKids
Thank you x It was a lovely walk.
I’m so pleased it was a beautiful day for this event. Very fitting and I’m loving your photos. A perfect Country Kids post
Thank you Fiona xx And thanks for hosting x
Well done you fabulous lot, I completely commend your welly walk and that your lovely girl is in pink and purple. Jennie would be honoured.
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Thank you so much x It was really important to me to show our support xx
What beautiful pictures! It sure looks like you all enjoyed your walk.
Thank you, we really did x
How lovely that your daughter can now really feel part of your walks and for this special family event. Beautiful photos too.
Yes, that made a huge difference to this walk, it was really special x
What a lovely idea, still joining in even if you couldn’t be there x Such gorgeous photos too, it looks like you had a wonderful day.
Thank you so much. It was a lovely walk x
it is great to see wee girl joining in. How lovely to have the welly walk and bubble blowing x
Thank you – it was just lovely to see her running along next to her brothers x
A perfect day for a walk, glad you were able to join in over there.
Thank you xx
awww how wonderrful that you went on a welly walk across the Atlantic in memory of MM.
i love all those leaves all over the ground like a blanket – i would love to be there wih you wading through them. gorgeous photos x
Thank you x The leaves were lovely, it all looked so pretty in the sun! And crunching through them was fun :)
What a lovely thing to do and a beautiful day for it too #CountryKids
Thank you Mary x It was a lovely day :)
Ahh that was a lovely thing to do. It looks like you had a lovely walk. I love autumn walks xxx
Thank you – it was such a beautiful autumn day, just perfect xx
What a lovely way to remember. How beautiful that you were doing your own wellie walk all those thousands of miles away.
I especially love that last photo through the big bubble.
Thank you Sarah x I felt very strongly that I wanted to mark the day. I love the last photo too – one of those completely accidental ones that you find on the camera when you get home :)
A really special walk. Lovely seeing your littlest being part of all the fun.
Thank you, it really was. I absolutely loved seeing the wee girl walking along with her brothers x
Your kids have such beautiful surroundings. There are lovely aspects to Scotland too of course, but this is such a precious opportunity, living somewhere so different.
We are really lucky – and it’s all so accessible, a five/ten minute drive and were in the middle of a reservation. Scotland is beautiful, but we’ve been pleasantly surprised at how gorgeous the countryside is here (which we hadn’t really expected) – and even the towns are amazingly green – there are trees and ponds everywhere :)
What a gorgeous little family you have.You’ve certainly captured the essence of Autumn and for such a great cause.Popping over from Country Kids.
Thank you so much xx
What a lovely way to remember Matilda Mae and show support to Jennie and her family. I love the tree hugging pic by the way #countrykids
Thank you x I wanted to do something as a family.
This post is so beautifully and sensitively written and the photos are perfect. What a thoughtful and moving way of supporting the Matilda Mae walk.
Thank for such a lovely comment x
This is a beautiful post and am sure Jennie will be touched by it. The bubble shot is gorgeous – and a lovely combination with countrykids.
Thank you Joy, I felt very strongly that I had to do something with my family to mark the day xx
Hello, what a wonderful welly walk that you had! Stunning autumn scenes and I love the bubble blowing. Your lovely girl walking in her pink and purple. Thank you so much for walking in your wellies. Thank you so much for remembering Matilda Mae x I hope we get to walk together one day x x x x x x x x
Thank you for commenting Jennie x I very much wanted to do something on the day, to show our support and that we were thinking of you all. I very much hope that we will meet one day xx
Hi there. I am over from motivational monday. Beautiful blog with fabulous pictures. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much x
I’ve read Jennie’s story and she is one inspirational lady I love reading the Matilda Mae welly walk posts and I can’t help but feel cherish my boys a little more each time I read one #CountryKids
She is inspirational, and it is such a heartbreaking story. I certainly pay more attention to the little things now than I did xx