We started from Smithy Road at Rainow, just behind the Robin Hood pub. From there you got a view across to White Nancy, which just could be seen on the horizon. The sky was cloudy but rain did not seem likely.

We took a narrow path up to the main road. Crossing the Hurdsfield road we headed up the track.

At the top we had a good view of Lambaload reservoir.

A ruined farmhouse stood on the top of the hill, now just home to sheep. You wonder what stories these stone have to tell.

We headed down towards the reservoir

crossing one of the many stiles we encountered on this walk.

We stopped for a break against a wall

From there the views were great

Shortly, we headed off again across the grass

The grass was lush beside a stream

viewed from the simple wooden bridge.

The sheep looked on as we sauntered by

The buttercups stood proud

as they filled the field

before giving way to long bendy grass

which has its own beauty.

Again we crossed the open fields

eventually passing the house of the walk leader

where the local ram stood guard

The sky had considerably brightened as we got back to Rainow

with just one more stile to cross.