I love those dedicated benches too! Along an early stretch of the North Norfolk Coastal Path which has been tagged onto the Peddars Way, we sat on a seat like that. A woman just returning home spoke to us briefly and asked if we'd enjoyed our journey etc. then told us she'd dedicated the bench we were sitting on to her late Mother who loved to sit and look at the views of the sea there. It was situated right next to her back gate at the end of her garden, so I expect she had lots of similar conversations with the various walkers passing through.

Another one of my favourite things to discover are those wee Doggy Graves/Memorials you sometimes find out in the woods or near footpaths, along a favourite walk. I found one recently that was just a bit of wood with the doggies name crudely etched upon it. I like to think that their canine spirits still run along the same favoured routes.