Wednesday 21 December 2022 - Another Bollin Valley 10km Walk

We had planned to go to Silverdale, and perhaps call in on Conrad and on Rona if they were at home, but we didn't really have the time. Instead, Sue and I managed a couple of hours in the Bollin Valley, very close to home.

We've been here before. Reports are here. (There may be more - I just can't find them!)

Today the sun shone brightly as we crossed the River Bollin by one of many footbridges (above).

Then Sue befriended a little dog.

We continued towards Ryecroft Farm, where the work I'd seen on my last visit seems to have resulted in a flat piece of land with some lumps around the edges. Earlier crops of sweetcorn have been replaced with winter greens.

After a wet path in the M56 area, the pleasantly dry path beside a neatly trimmed hedge took us towards Birkin Farm and the village of Ashley.

A sunlit tree beside Ashley Road seems to have retained much of its plumage.

Further on, we passed Ashley Hall.

That was today's final picture - this walk has been well illustrated in the past. We didn't stop at the cafe in the woods, and we finished in rather less than two hours. My Garmin gadget accurately recorded the route shown below.