Blanchland Moor

We were going to do the Devils water/Slayley walk but the weather warning caused a change of plan. Instead we went out on the wiley, windy moors (to quote Kate Bush)..

Our third outing to those lonely moors between Slayley forest and Pennypie house (see Oct 2017). The strong wind and slippery mud made walking a lot more effort than usual. The next line of the song talks about falling and rolling in green which some of us nearly did.




Bleak or beautiful? Discuss.


What better way to spend a Saturday!





Lots of interesting animal smells to keep Jackson busy


Andrea ponders the road ahead....


Shelter from the wind- but too small for us all to fit in

We stopped for lunch at our usual spot

And then set off with a firm resolve....

The sun came out as we neared the end


It was not the best walk weather- wise but we all had rosy cheeks at the end and it hardly rained. Afterwards we went to the Travellers rest for a very well earned drink.

ANNOUNCEMENT: Stella Strollers will be starting additional  weekday walks on Thursdays meeting at 9:30 (i.e. after mass). These will be on the first and third Thursday of each month so there will be a walk on 21st Feb. No sign up sheets- just turn up and we will sort out lifts. Saturday walks will continue monthly as before.

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  1. Excellent record of our most challenging walk to date. Our sense of achievmeent was hard one. To use another quotation I am pleased to recall that we counted them all out and we counted them all back.

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