📙 Part 2: Describe a long walk you have been on

This episode's vocabulary

Footpath (noun) - a path, especially in the countryside, for walking on.

Boulder (noun) - a very large rock.

Adventurous (adj.) - willing to try new or difficult things.

Embankment (noun) - an artificial slope made of earth and/or stones.

Go-to (adj.) - used to describe the best person, thing, or place for a particular purpose or need.

Picturesque (adj.) - (especially of a place) attractive in appearance, especially in an old-fashioned way.

Accomplishment (noun) - something that is successful, or that is achieved after a lot of work or effort.

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Questions and Answers

M: He's gonna say when this happened, where he walked and walked and he walked, who he was with, and he's going to explain how he felt about this long walk. Not work, walk, you know, chop, chop, chop with your feet, walking. All right, bring it on, rock and roll.

R: It's funny, actually, because I really like going on long walks. Most recently, I decided I would stroll, well, to the local shop, and take some money out of the hole in the wall there. So normally, I wouldn't have bothered, but the weather was actually quite nice. And I just got some fantastic news about a new job and a new school that I was going to work out for my university placement. So I decided to celebrate by myself in the sunshine. And I suppose this getting money was like my excuse for doing it. So it's like attaching something productive to the unproductive activity. I walked along the footpath near my home and down onto the beach. It's interesting, because while it's a sandy beach area, for the most part, there are these giant boulders that you can climb on. They're supposed to be there to stop erosion. But if you feel adventurous and don't mind taking a risk, then you can clamor over them for fun. I didn't bother with them on the way there. But it reminded me of my childhood, just looking at them. And there are also some very lightly wooded areas on the embankment next to the sandy area where people can walk their dogs. So it's a nice place if you enjoy looking at dogs or meeting dogs or watching them play with each other, then this is definitely, well, a go-to area. I picked up my money and walked back over a footbridge that crosses the railway which runs along the coast. It's quite picturesque, though that's by design, since it's a public footpath and so it's, well, it's just been made that way to encourage people to get out and go walking. And I walked on by the caravan park, which is quite close to the beach, and then onto the sand as opposed to the footpath I'd taken on the way there. That was when I decided to go on the boulders. It was a little more hazardous than usual because the tide was coming in. And I had all of this money in my shorts, of course, but I thought it would be fun. And it was I felt a great sense of accomplishment when it was all done. In fact, I might do it later again this week.

M: And what about your friends? Have they done it before?

R: When we were children, we used to do it all the time.

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