Hope Bowdler and Chelmick

Once again, they sound like rather stuffy old solicitors! We needed to call briefly in Church Stretton, and the afternoon is much too good to waste. It’s very wet underfoot after overnight rain – we’ll follow quiet surfaced lanes (themselves running with water!) into the hill country to the south-west of Hope Bowdler. Like our walk on Yell Bank a couple of day ago, it feels like we’re walking on top of the world on these roads.