Saturday 10 May 6.1 miles++
Tracey, Jane, Carol and Hilary
The forecast was for rain, so when we got to Kingsley Community Centre we put on our waterproof trousers. It was just as well as it started to rain whilst we were putting on our boots.
This proved to be a lovely walk through the Cheshire countryside, lots of fields and woods, bridges over streams. I managed to slip on a stone slab bridge near the beginning, fortunately I landed on my side on the slab and not in the stream!.
There were still bluebells out in places and the wild garlic was lovely with the white lighting up the woodland floor. The hawthorn was also flowering so it was a good time of year for the walk.
The instructions for the walk were not always clear, sometimes it wasn't easy to find the direction we were meant to go in when we were crossing undulating fields.
Quite a few of the fields had long grass so it was hard work walking through them. Sometimes we followed the leaders footsteps so it wasn't as hard.
Lunch by the Weaver Cut, even though it had just rained on our way down to the river we actually had our lunch in sunshine sitting on a bench, near the rusty winding gear. There were some people water skiing on the river.
Lots of cows by the river, mainly bullocks. As they were a bit scared of us they would move suddenly, but that was more scary for us!
We managed to make the walk longer than it should have been. But the walk along the river was lovely. We decided not to retrace our steps but to follow the road back as instructed by a gentleman at the caravan park in Crowton.
Stopped at Blakemere for tea and cake (and hot chocolate). Went to The Village coffee bar and Restaurant this time, it was very nice inside and had lovely carrot cake.
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