Tarporley

Sunday 8 June 7.5miles
Jane, Tracey. Donna and Hilary


On our way we got caught in the traffic going to The British Touring Car Championship at Oulton Park so rather than attempting to travel along the A49 we drove round to the A51 and to Tarporley.

We parked in Tarporley behind the Rising Star pub.

In walking over the golf course we had to keep an eye out for golfers. Fortunately the golf course wasn't too busy.

There is quite a contrast with the golf course when we got to the A49 as the traffic seemed very fast and noisy, it took a little time to cross the road. As we went downhill away from the road the long grass was wet, and there were plenty of nettles. The warm and damp weather had made everything grow well. Hilary wore her shorts so her legs must have been stung as she walked through the nettles!

When we got to the the Sandstone trail we sat and had lunch.

There was plenty of mud!! I suppose so many people had walked the route that the surface was semi-liquid making it hard to walk in. Once our boots were covered with mud we certainly had a job to walk, also the path was narrow in places so we couldn't avoid walking through the mud. Donna had worn her lighter shoes so had a task in trying to avoid the mud!

There was a little rain in the air as we went over the fields near the end of the walk, but fortunately nothing came of it.

We went to the Old Fire Station for tea and cake, we sat outside in the courtyard as the sun came out again.

The rain started as we drove back in the car

Really rained once home, so we were lucky.