My challenge almost never got off the ground this evening. After an okay sort of day weather wise, as I arrived home from work the wind began to really pick up and the heavens opened up.
The plan in the morning had been to start with something easy for day one of the challenge, to explore a new local trail around Bickerstaffe, about a five minute drive from my house. The rest of the family were to join me but given the horrible weather, I told them that accompanying me on my first challenge was voluntary. My eldest daughter decided to come along and keep me company so after tea we drove out to Bickerstaffe and parked up in the car park next to the football field.
It rained throughout the walk, the wind never relented and I lost count of the number of times I had to wipe the camera lens but thirty minutes later we were back at the car park.
Let's hope the weather improves tomorrow!
Map at the ready
Car park and the starting point
Holy Trinity Church
Colour in the churchyard
Churchyard flowers
Start of the Trail
Puddles on the trailpath
Goldfinch
Purple and green
Buttercups
Buttercups and nettles
Hints of purple amongst shades of green
Windswept Fields
Windswept!
Hidden streams
Looking back towards
the woods we passed by
the woods we passed by
A spot of purple in the field
I wonder what wildlife you
can find on that roundabout
Under the motorway bridge
and out of the wind and rain
and out of the wind and rain
The halfway point
The bridge over the motorway appears
My daughter soaking wet
Bridge over the motorway
The M58 motorway
Rain washed leaves
Soaked but the end is near
