Is this the best advice that we have ever seen on a farm gate?
"A Tito moment" early in the walk!
An early view towards home!
Proof that it really was a shorts day.
The French connection.
At the highest point on the Sandstone Trail - Rawhead trig point.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.0 miles. Climb:1450'.
Walk stats: Distance: 10.0 miles. Climb:1450'.
Time: 5 hours 24 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.2 m.p.h. Overall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, Roger, Phil, Gordon, Sue and Michel, Celia, Annie H, Carol and Tim.
What a superb day for walking this turned out to be, almost perfect whatever the time of the year. (remembering of course that perfect can never be achieved).
Almost the whole of the walk we were on sunshine with very little wind and superb views in all directions, depending on which side of the sandstone ridge we happened to be.
As expected this was the best section of the Sandstone Trail, and this particular walk should be repeated at least once a year, especially if we can park on Phil's drive at Brown Knowl.
Birds seen or heard today included: Green finch, Blue tit, Great tit, Dunnock, Blackbird, Woodpigeon, Common buzzard, Nuthatch, Carrion crow, Canada goose, Common pheasant, Song thrush and Jackdaw.
After walk drinks were enjoyed at the Egerton Arms at Broxton, although Jean, Phil's wife, had kindly offered to brew up for us all on our return to Brown Knowl.
The brew that went down well was called Piffle, brewed by the Brimstage brewery for the Egerton Arms. However I still think that it is one that elsewhere it is Brimstage's Sandpiper bitter.
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