Wincle

Saturday 11 October 8.5 miles
Carol, Hilary, Tracey, Jane

A good walk - varied - river - woodland - moorland

We parked on the road near the pub, just by the start of the walk. We climbed the steps and went into the field, two dogs came running towards us barking very loudly - I was not at all happy but tried to stay calm. Fortunately Tracey realised they were wagging their tails and said 'hello' to them and then they went away (thank goodness).

Carol needed to get home early so we cut the walk short - we tried to follow the alternative route but went slightly wrong so had to walk along a windy bit of road - there were quite a few cars.

We had lunch by the church as there was a place to sit. The bench was quite small so we also used a large raised gravestone as a seat. There was a very attractive small primary school next door with an excellent adventure playground!

We walked a section of the Gritstone Trail. The woodland trees were just starting to change colour - autumn has arrived.

We then walked part of the Dane Valley Way, through the meadows by the river past the fishery. Drizzle started to get us wet, but we were near the end of the walk. The cloud had certainly come down as we went back up the road - visibility was considerably reduced.