Dane Valley

Saturday 5 March 7.5 miles

Tracey, Donna, Hilary, Jane

A dull morning, it did not clear all day, infact it rained later and we got a bit wet.

There were some places that were a bit muddy, but being by a river you have to expect that.

It is interesting to see how the Dane meanders between Holmes Chapel and Swettenham. There were the beginnings of the blue bells growing in the woodland areas, it would be worth coming back a little later in the year.

We popped into the Swetty Arms to look at the menu, with the idea of going there for Tracey's birthday. We decided the menu was too ordinary.

We walked passed the lavender field, it looks a bit bedraggled at this time of year, we dropped down into the valley and crossed the river, climbed up the other side. We had to walk through a field with animals in it, none of us were too keen, plus there was a lots of mud and deep ruts.

We sat by the path to have our lunch, the drizzle was trying to start!

We crossed the A50 then walked back along the river, there were trees and branches on the path, the river was very high a few weeks ago so I wondered if the river had flooded and the fence had stopped the trees, branches and twigs from going any further.

Found a cafe in Holmes Chapel, had tea and cake, carrot cake and lemon drizzle.

Year Five Summary

Walk 1: March 20 2010 Wybunbury 7.5 miles Carol, Hilary and Tracey
Walk 2: April 17 2010 Ridgegate to Croker Hill 7 miles Jane, Donna, Tracey and Hilary
Walk 3: May 22 2010 Hilary's walk Hilary, Donna and Tracey
Walk 4: June 26 2010 A walk from Acton Bridge Donna, Hilary, Jane and Tracey
Walk 5: July 24 2010 Withnell Fold 7.25 miles Tracey, Hilary and Jane
Walk 6: August 28 2010 Bollington to Adlington 7 miles Jane, Hilary and Tracey
Walk 7: October 2 2010 Wansfell Pike 6 miles Donna, Tracey, Hilary and Jane
Walk 8: December 4 2010 Brereton Heath 5 miles Hilary, Tracey and Jane
Walk 9: January 22 2010 Knutsford 6 miles Hilary, Donna and Tracey

Get Together

Saturday 12 February 

Valentine's Quiz Evening

A get together with a chance to dress up! A contribution supper with more than enough food, heart shaped starters, heart shaped candle for the table, lots of meat and fabulous pork crackling, black forest trifle (umm, umm, umm), lovely fruit to finish and heart shaped chocolates on a heart shaped dish. 

Excellent food. 

Quiz, lots of questions, pictures and music - Tracey won!

Knutsford

Saturday 22 January 6 miles
Hilary, Donna, Tracey

Cake and tea at Jane's.

Murder Mystery Christmas Meal

Saturday 18 December

We wanted to do something near home so we could walk to and from the venue.

We decided to try The Sandhurst Hotel, and as they were offering a Murder Mystery Evening we decided to give it a go!

It was a really cold evening, the weather had been cold and snowy so it was just as well we chose somewhere close to home. We all wore our outdoor shoes or wellies, so we wouldn't be slipping and sliding . We went to Donna and Martin's first and started the drinking.

I wasn't sure what to expect but I enjoyed the meal. Rowena only seemed to have one gravy boat! She pour out the gravy and rush back to the kitchen for more gravy.

A memorable occasion

There was plenty of talk and acting, lots of questions to ask of the actors. We didn't score brilliantly in the first two rounds, but we scored nothing in the last round when there were hundreds of points to be gained, in fact managed to get the worst marks!!! John's answer, 'He was bludgeoned to death by the guitar because of his poor fingering techniques' was so totally wrong that it gave every one a laugh.

No coffee! Surely there should be coffee to end the meal. In fact Rowena 'Doesn't do coffee' - so we went to Hilary's and Ian's.

Brereton Green and Brereton Heath

Saturday 4 December 5 miles
Hilary, Tracey and Jane

The weather had been pretty bad so we weren't sure if we would manage a walk. We parked by the Bear's Head in Brereton.

Some snow on the ground, there was a little girl on a sledge being pulled along by her parents.

We looked around the outside of the church, St. Oswald's, it wasn't open. There were some big trees in the grounds. At the churchyard gate is an 18th century mounting block.

There were not many places to to sit and have lunch. We found a dip in the landscape with a little shelter from the breeze. We could feel the rain a little in the air.

Went to Tracey's for tea and cake.

Ambleside

Saturday 2 
Donna, Tracey, Hilary and Jane

We got up early and travelled up to the Lake District.  We found the hostel and managed to park the car around the corner. 

We put on our boots and started the walk.

We walked to the top of Wansfell Pike (486.1 m 1595 ft), there were fantastic views but was a bit windy

We had lunch sitting in the lee of a wall on our way down.

Continued all the way down the hill, started walking along the road, and then I decided to take a picture of the pretty countryside but then realised that I had left the phone back near the top of the hill. So we started to walk back up the hill. We all walked part way up the hill and sat at a corner in the path on some grass. Hilary started to run up the hill, I followed. fortunately the phone was still there just where I left it!

We managed to book a table at a local restaurant on our way home to the hostel. We went and got changed and we all had the special - lamb
Hilary couldn't bear to see any meat left so ate any meat off everyone's lamb bones.

Back at the hostel looked at the games - Connect 4 was what we chose - had fun.

Sunday 3
It was raining on Sunday, so had a wander around Ambleside looking in the shops, we all bought a pair of waterproof gloves.