The jungle and the dingle

There’s no shortage of woodland around here, not all of it noticeably managed. Away from the paths, it’s pretty-well impenetrable jungle. Stay on the paths, and it’s still a different world from the houses, roads and traffic just a few yards away. We’re heading for the river, and we’ll walk down to Coalport, crossing over to the youth hostel…
…whose cafe is closed today! Oh no! It’s a good thing that we brought some chocolate.
The return, uphill all the way, is via “The Dingle”, a most attractive rocky-sided wooded gorge. Exit from the woodland at the top of the hill and look around – buttercup meadows, and little to suggest the other world we’ve left behind amongst the trees.