Today we revisited the Rufford - Mawdesley walk covering 6.2857 miles; the route can be seen here http://www.gmap-pedometer.com/?r=5995385.
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| Route |
The walk took us through the Douglas Valley and the lanes around the two villages and the Rufford arm of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal.
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| Bridge Number 5 |
If you decide to do the walk, note that the car park, at the station, is near to the National Trust's Rufford Hall. That could also be a starting point.
We started the walk just off the A59 at the car park just mentioned. Please be aware that, at the time of writing this, there are no trains on a Sunday.
Some of the paths were a little overgrown, as can be seen here.
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| Damp legs from the tall grass. |
Although a hot sunny day, we got damp legs!
I didn't tell Chris about the bridge...
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| ...over River Douglas |
... but she coped very well. From memory, she didn't the first time we did the walk.
We saw a wide range of different wild flowers,
birds,
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| 5 cygnets |
(including man-made art work)
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| Jay art-work |
butterflys and other wildlife.
The colours and patterns of growing crops also add to the beauty of this walk.
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| Potato flower |
We also saw many domesticated animals, sheep, cows, horses and this star of them all...
All in all an enjoyable sunny walk that included a number of options for refreshments.
We had an ice cream and a drink in the marina just before we got back to the car. And very good it was as well.
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