Little boys love sticks. They have their caveman ancestors right with them as they find yet another and declare ‘Look,a stick!’and then bash,whack and twirl.
Apparently according to my new friend Janet who seems to know everything about everything the first thing to do when attempting to do a rural walk with small child is to find them a good stick and make them the leader.
Janet also says that one should always carry a stick when walking footpaths and bridleways as “All animals respect a stick”and you can wave it at them and say “SHOVE OFF!”which works. Apparently you are doing your fellow walkers a disfavour if you ever offer food to or pet the animals (horses,cows,sheep) on your walk as the next people to come along the same route will be pestered by the animals wanting more.
Janet is the president of the local footpath association so she should know.
(For more of Janet’s wisdom see ‘Keeping bees to have fresh honey’,‘Tips from a professional gardener’and ‘How to rear great children from a parent of five grown up ones’)
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