Rock and roll

The rock formations here are stunning and I spend more time than anything just gazing at the rocks beneath our feet or those that surround us. From the sky this is clearly ancient lake and river bed but from the ground it's almost sculpture. I know next to nothing about geology apart from recognising the obvious signs of sedimentary rock that is present everywhere like an ancient dump of Roman brick. Every now and then, after the terrain begins to become familiar, it changes shape again, with new textures and new formations. It might all be formed by running water but you wonder exactly why one rock is shaped like the gills of a mushroom and another like marshmallow and yet all around is scattered the shards of stone discarded by ancient torrents. It's a geologist's paradise.

Of course, it also adds to the stress on our feet and after a while I begin to crave something flat. Out here a pavement is something strange and exotic.