MNTV social: walk and meal at Lower Withington on Thursday 18th May 2017

Eight of us met in the carpark of the Red Lion at Lower Withington, with enough time to pre-order our 'after walk' meal, and get ourselves ready for a 7pm departure.

The route had been found by Kate on the 'my.viewfinder.com' website and was a fairly flat circular walk of 3.7 miles, across fields, on farm tracks and quiet country roads, with beautiful views and only 5 or 6 stiles to navigate on the way round.

It was a lovely evening and we stopped fairly soon after setting off, to pose under the beautifully carved owl by the communal green on Trap Street.

We then had a fairly leisurely walk, admiring various beautiful houses along the route, and stopping for a while to admire the Jodrell Bank telescope in the distance on a couple of occasions.
It was lovely to see everyone chatting as we walked along, particularly as we were a mixed group of MNTVers and other friends, some of whom hadn't met before.
We managed to finish our walk bang on schedule, arriving back at the Red Lion at 8.30pm. After a quick change of footwear, we went in to order our drinks and pay for our meal, which arrived very shortly afterwards and everyone agreed, was delicious.

Thanks to Kate for finding the walk for us and coming along to join us amidst her packing and moving house activities. Also to Andy who, having reccied the walk with Sue the previous week, became the default leader, checking the route on his iphone as we went along.

Thanks to everyone for coming along, it was really nice to see you all:-)