“Where to?” It must have been the kind of afternoon we associate with the Hope Bowdler hills – we both came up with the same idea. Blue sky, bright sunshine, a cool breeze – perfect for a chocolate stop at the Battle Stones!
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Wandering around Willey on a windy afternoon. We’re not far from home – the weather forecast says it could rain around 4pm – and as I write, I can hear the rain falling outside.
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A familiar route, but the season and the weather make it different every time. Although spring is gathering pace, the sunshine is losing ground this afternoon.
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Wandering beside the Worfe… The river Worfe (a minor watercourse, it has to be said) flows into the Severn just a little way north of Bridgnorth, passing through an attractive tree-lined rocky-sided valley just before it gets there, near the hamlet of Rindleford. The path leads us to the farm buildings at Burcote, then along a straight and very quiet lane. Before we reach its end, an inviting-looking dry side valley leads us back down to Rindleford, from where we retrace our steps back to the car.
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Benthall Edge – a short walk from the car park at Benthall Hall. It looked like being sunny, but the weather changed its mind. Occasional brief sunny intervals might be a better description.
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Alliterative ambling on a fine afternoon… Parking in the usual spot, we walk down Stanley Lane as far as Lower Severn Hall, then across to the riverbank. We wondered if it might be muddy, but the footpath is fine. The river is still quite high, and there’s evidence of the height it reached a week or so ago. We return to the start through Chestnut Coppice – it’s been a very pleasant perambulation of this quiet corner of Shropshire…
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A walk from Cardington, along little-known lanes and byways, through unlikely-sounding places. Enchmarsh sounds Tolkienesque, Yell Bank noisy and Hoar Edge cold. Is Chatwall something to do with Facebook? We’re walking across and along watersheds: Yell Bank separates waters which flow northwards, to join the Severn near Cound, from those flowing south-east, via the Onny and the Teme, to enter the Severn near Worcester. We walk along the minor ridge which bridges the gap between Yell Bank and Hoar Edge: to our right, it forms Bullhill Brook, then Coundmoor Brook, joining Cound Brook just before it reaches the Severn. To our left, water flows by a more westerly route, but also enters the Severn via Cound Brook. Well I think it’s interesting…
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It’s a fine, dry, intermittently sunny afternoon. Where to? “How about that walk from Tigger’s Ickle Shop?”
So – we’re in Corvedale, walking the very quiet lane through Holdgate and Stanton Long, then back along the old Corvedale road – “Rowe Lane” – to the little wayside stall*, near which we’ve left the car. We return home armed with rocky road, brownie and flapjack – wonderful stuff!
* There are two ‘Ickle Shops’ – there’s another at the north end of Rowe Lane. Intriguing home-made cakes, jams, eggs, chutney – yes, we came away with a jar of ‘Stanton Pickle’ too…
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The sunshine’s too good to waste – but we’re tied-up earlier in the afternoon. Better late than never! – though in a sense, it wasn’t. The sun hid behind a line of dark cloud on our way out, before deciding to reveal itself and illuminate the landscape.
1st of March: the Met. Office says it’s spring, and I’m reluctant to argue. On our walk along Shirlett Lane on this sunny morning, there are few real signs of the season, but there’s a spring-like feel to the air. A veil of high cloud will block the sunshine later, and the next few days look like being rather miserable, but it’s a start…
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