No rain in Rowe Lane?

There are a few mostly light showers around this afternoon – spots in the wind as we set out, better carry the waterproofs… Inevitably, it stays dry until, perhaps 2/3 of the way round, we stop for chocolate – there’s a very convenient bench, with an excellent view, in Holdgate churchyard. More than just a few spots? We’ll have a look inside the ancient church (it’s well worth a look), and when we leave, the rain has gone (and the ground is dry – it can’t have been much). A little further down the lane, there’s a wonderful patch of blackberries – some of the biggest we’ve seen growing wild, and plenty of them. We’d have been home earlier, and hungrier, if they’d not been there…