19 of us started out in the wet, hoping for sunny intervals – we met by the Ship Inn in Wincle.

We took the path over the stile almost opposite the Ship.

There were plenty of lambs about

and a very friendly donkey

We headed up the field

until we came to the farm with interesting windows

We took a left in front of the farm and headed down passing some gauze. You could see Bosley Cloud on the horizon.

We picked our way through a wooded path

passing a ruined cottage on our right

The mixed woodland to our right showed signs of bursting buds

We took our break near Barleigh Bridge, close to the start of Dane Valley way.

Crossing the Dane we looked up

and down

The path then followed the river

with fields to the right

until we came to the falls

Here we crossed the river

and sauntered back to our starting point

where lambs basked in the sun, which at last lingered for a while.