MNTV social: walk around Lindow Common and food&drink in the Boddington Arms - Tues 26th July 2016

Seven of us met in the Council car park across the road from the Boddington Arms, Wilmslow, at 7pm - Kate, Lyn, Tricia, Tim, Neil, Andy and Sue. We put on our walking boots on and set off on a 90minute stroll that Kate and Sue had recce-ed the week before.
We didn't take a map with us, relying on Kate and Sue's memories instead!!! It could have ended badly but, as it turned out, Kate and Sue between them remembered where to go and which way to turn at different stages of the walk so managed not to get lost:-)
It was a dry evening which was fortunate and the route was interesting, taking us past allotments of the Lindow Horticultural Society and the Lindow Scouts, past The Wilmslow Animal Sanctuary

where we stroked the horses and a donkey in the field and a lovely 3-legged black cat came out to see us, past a pre-fab/mobile home village, around Rossmere lake where we posed for a photo

before heading back to the car park for 8.30pm - passing a beautiful carved woodpecker on a tree close to the car park!


Yes, it's a carved woodpecker!

Lyn had to leave by this stage as the rest of us headed into the Boddington Arms and sat at the round table in the restaurant and ordered our meal and drinks - there was plenty of it!

Our food had just arrived!

It was a lovely evening, plenty of time for chat, and everyone remarked on having seen parts of Lindow Common that they hadn't been to before, and had enjoyed the experience.
Many thanks to Kate for choosing the walk and sharing it with us:-)