Hooray its stopped raining!

Evening everyone,

Well I don't know how the weather was where you are but today it was just like a summers day. The sun was shining and the temperature rose to 16 degrees.

As the weather was so lovely I decided to join hubby on a walk. He walks usually on average three times a week, usually 8 - 10 miles at a time. 

He always moans at me to go with him but I have to confess that I am very much a fair weather walker. So, today I had no excuse and actually was really glad that I had taken him up of the offer. 

As I've mentioned to you before, we have the beautiful Mowcop on our doorstep, in fact the castle is the first thing i see each morning when i open my bedroom curtains.

So today this was our walk. Mowcop is very high and so the views over Cheshire are amazing especially on a lovely clear day like today. 

Our walk took in parts of the Gritstone trail and also the Mowcop heritage trail. The village itself is very picturesque with a tiny school and church. When we walked past the church yard the grass was being mowed. The smell of the freshly cut grass was lovely and it felt as though summer was truly on its way. Such a change from the hail, snow, wind and persistent rain we have had recently. As we walked past houses we stopped to chat to people who were making the most of the lovely weather and tacking their gardens. 

Here are a few photos that I took today. You can see how lovely the weather was and just how far the view stretched over the Cheshire plains. 

You can see in this final photo the burnt grass. This happened last summer when the grass was so dry. There were lots of fires locally particularly in the Peak district.

When I got home the two loads of washing I had pegged out earlier were dry. This is a first since last year. I love being able to line dry.
Lets hope today was the start of things to come. I love the warm weather. Makes you feel so much more energetic.
Until tomorrow,
Jules x

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