A walk around the Willey circuit – there’s a chance of a light shower, but we need a leg stretch (we got both! – just a few drops)

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A morning walk, around and in Much Wenlock. It’s a fine start to the day, but there’s showery rain coming this afternoon, so we’re walking in the morning. At first a clear blue sky, then (just like yesterday) high cloud is spreading from the west, and the sunshine’s gone. An hour later, when we’re home and eating our lunch, the rain is pouring down…

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A sunny afternoon? Well, it was sunny for the first half-hour or so, but by the time we’d made our way up the steep lane to Meadowley, a veil of high cloud was beginning to hide the sun. No bright directional light now, though much of the sky remained blue with lots of lovely wispy cloud. No, not a sunny afternoon but a very pleasant one in this quiet countryside.

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Not easily! The old railway track into Chestnut Coppice shouldn’t be too bad – but fallen leaves have laid a sticky mulch on much of the way. There’s still some autumnal colour on the trees, but most of the leaves are on the ground. No need to look up to discover what trees we’re walking under.

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South Shropshire uplands… They may be at the mole end of the hill scale, but on an afternoon like this, they’re great for fresh air and (despite the haze) wonderful views. The latter can be extensive, but ‘atmospheric’ is a better way to describe them today.

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I don’t think anything disappears in mysterious circumstances up here, though it’s seriously deep country – who knows what happens in these parts? It’s a pleasant walk on a mild November afternoon, despite the lack of sunshine, and there’s still plenty of autumn colour.

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A bright autumn afternoon, on the very quiet lanes in this attractive part of the county. It’s warm in the infrequent sunshine, but the air’s cold so we’ll keep moving. There’s plenty to see – a couple of red kites, two herons (one doing aerobatics!), an escaped heifer making off down the road at Holdgate (did it really enter the field behind the church, closing the gate behind it?), the usual uninterested sheep and a smattering of assorted mushrooms and toadstools. And cakes from Tigger’s Ickle Shop too! What more could one want?

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