Hello and welcome back to my blog 😊.

The extremely wet weather persists here in the UK. This has unfortunately resulted in the curtailing of my walking. We have now entered meteorological spring so I am hoping for some drier weather – fingers crossed.

The forecast for today was dry so myself and Angela got out early and drove to the National Trust property at Dunham Massey close to Manchester. It was a grey chilly 2 Deg C. This is a regular haunt of ours but it can get busy.

The park has numerous good paths through wooded areas so is a good place to avoid boggy footpaths.

Dunham Massey is also a deer park and the deer roam around freely which is nice to see. Today, there were a few joggers taking advantage of the park.

Angela said ‘Can you hear that? it sounds like a woodpecker’, I replied ‘No, its not a woodpecker, that’s my teeth chattering!!’ Well, it was a cold morning😊. However, it did indeed turn out to be a woodpecker and we actually saw it high up in a tree.

We saw two herons close to a pond but they flew off when we approached- unexpected but great to see. A couple of noisy geese flew over honking as they passed over.

The sun was burning off the cloud and blue skies were in evidence.

‘Time for a coffee?’ suggested Angela. ‘Most definitely’ I replied and we headed to the nice café in the main building and enjoyed a couple of large Lattes.

It had been a nice 6 mile walk and a good way to begin our day.

Happy Walking ! 😊🚶‍♂️