On Sunday I FINALLY made it to the Lune valley, Lancashire, after wanting to walk there all year. On my map there is a nice looking stretch called the Lune valley ramble by the Lune, so I parked at Arkholme and walked down to the river before going North.
quickly finding the usual quota of flowers
farmland was a funny place for a pond, there was even a swan on it.
at this point some running repairs were required, having stopped en route for an alfresco toilet stop, I had managed to get damp toes in my trainers from squelching in a field behind a drystone wall.........took damp socks off and left em under windscreen on top of dashboard to dry.........had put dry ones on from rucksack, unfortunately they had massive great holes in the heel..............I soon got blistered heels.........so resorted to folding my hankie inside my sock to give some protection.
Struggling on by the lovely riverside, soon came to a drunken bridge..............
would have been a long detour so I managed to cross by balancing on the top of the handrail and edging across like summat from an Indiana Jones film..............
there were lots of sand martins on this walk, flying around the river bank.
but they don't really show on camera.
Walked past some hairy corn that seemed to b e growing whiskers
getting near Kirby Lonsdale way, there were more obstacles.....
the path is now up this scramble!
mint?
Monkeyflower
soon went into the town, nice little place, there was a café selling ice cream, so got a double, with raspberry ripple, and blackcurrant scoops.
Had a look round town....came back....went to other ice cream parlour (Hollies) and had another double, wild cherry and peach melba flavours
well I have to eat, don't I?
Then twas all the way back to Arkholme, seeing a Kingfisher en route, and a huge fish that leapt right out the river!!!! Salmon? Trout?
Maybe 10 miles for this walk? Lovely place................as ever my TR seems to take ages, get interrupted (damn mobiles), and not do it justice..........but it really is nice round there! Hopefully will get to do another walk that way soon...........