Soaked

I’m drenched. I thought the storm had passed so decided to take Barney out….I was wrong, it absolutely poured. At least Barney found it entertaining, he was trying to catch the rain!

We were a little more lucky with the weather this weekend. I spent a lovely couple of days in the company of Voley and we managed quite successfully to dodge the showers for long enough to go for two afternoon strolls with our cameras. On Saturday we drove to Nantwich and followed the Riverside Loop, a circular walk which takes you along the River Weaver and the Shropshire Union Canal. I was feeling a little lazy with my camera so I don’t really have any good pictures of the walk, but you can view Voley’s photos here.

Sunday saw us drive further into Cheshire to Capesthorne Hall and Gardens where we ambled through bluebell woods and around the lake before looking around the Hall and then having the compulsory afternoon tea and huge slab of cake! Some photos are below, with the rest here. It was rather amusing seeing a cat being turned on and chased by a flock of sheep- Voley has some better action shots here.

The Gardens

The Bluebell Woods

The Lake

Pet Cemetery

Watchful sheep

Sheep turn on cat

(Sorry about the formatting, blogger doesn't seem to want to let me move things around today)

Getting in training

I thought it was about time I got in some training for my fast-approaching climb of Snowdon, so last Monday I spent the day walking around Cannock Chase and Shugborough with Jill (and her dogs which, being significantly smaller than Barney, I kept tripping over). It was a beautiful day, though a little hot for my liking at times, and I even spotted deer in the woods. A few photos are below, the rest are here.

Through the woods above Milford Common

I love all the different shades of green

Grazing deer

This tree trunk looks like it has a face in it

Looking back along the canal from Shugborough

What happened to the slightly more delicately phrased 'Mind the child'?