Willances leap just outside Richmond North Yorkshire was the place for the family walk today . The lads went on the low to high path and Fo and I did the low to middle path . Not a bird in sight and the cloud was low and foreboding but no rain fell. What was interesting was seeing Himalayan balsam in huge swathes all over the place , around the base of oak trees and a lot on the edge of the forest underneath Willances Leap . It wasn't there last year and has just arrived and is definitely crowding out the native plants . Its gonna be a problem folks! Anyone know how to cook it ! Miles and Clifford doing the high path were wading through a nice native species problem of the path being overgrown with thistles and nettles . Fo and I walked up there about three years ago and found the path getting pretty overgrown but now its virtually impassable . The path is on land between the mile long cliff edge and the pastoral fields so I don't know who is going to clear it . We bumped into the lads coming off the high path which was nice although we had been spying on them through the binoculars . Sneaky parents . Well back home to a crash out with Fiona to listen to Miles Davis " A kind of Blue" and then meatballs and tomato sauce with spag followed by "the Lord of the Rings " directors cut which is absolutely brilliant . Books are good too . A nice day with my lovely family . Did a maths session this morning and listened to the sound track from the film "Koyaanisqatsi" and that was amazing . Our lads have watched the film loads of times since Miles was 5 and I recommend it to any parents with young children because its easy to understand , musics great and it visually , there are no words, indicates that life needs to change Koyaanisqatsi a Hopi Indian word meaning "crazy life, life in turmoil, life out of balance, life disintegrating, a state of life that calls for another way of living". Amen !