Looking through my archives.................... Little Budworth 2010 revisted

I started this blog during the summer of 2010 to keep a record of my weekend walks.
 Illustrated with images taken on my rambles around the local countryside.

I have been looking through my early posts and noticed I used to add a lot more written content.
This is a remake of post #4 dated 26th September 2010.
 The words are the same but I have added a few more images taken on the day.
I received zero comments on the original... it was early days and at the time I only new one other blogger.
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"A Sunday stroll...... Little Budworth and Oulton Park"

I parked in the small car park at Little Budworth Country Park on Coach Road and walked over to the 18th century entrance lodge (a grade ll listed building) of Oulton Estate.

The estate is now home to the Oulton Park motor racing circuit and just through the imposing gates is a bend on the track called Lodge Corner.

St Peters Church Little Budworth

 I then walked through Little Budworth village past St Peters Church and the Red Lion pub before turning left down Mill Lane towards Budworth Pool. 

Budworth Pool

A footpath across a field brought me to a bridleway (there are many in this area) which was originally a drovers road (Helsby to Oswestry) and a good example of a sunken lane.

One of Cheshires many green lanes.
I followed this before heading left onto a path leading back into the Country Park.

Birch Polypore

Lot's of Silver Birch in the woods but the only bird seen was a single Great Tit.

Little Budworth Country Park

 I then crossed back over the Coach Road to the other side of the wood and either side of the path are areas of Lowland Heath which is now scarce in Cheshire. 

Oulton Mill Pond

This path brought me to a track which led me back to a road which led down to the Mill Pond 

(Coots and  few distant Canada Geese).

 A short uphill walk then a left over to Rushton to follow the racing circuits perimeter wall.

  (a crumbling old brick structure topped with broken glass and barbed wire). 

A footpath around the wall through fields of cattle (and one large bull) over half a dozen stiles brought me to a lane with views over the fields to the church I had passed a couple of hours earlier.

 A lovely walk in fine weather even if it did lack a bit of wildlife.

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In the original post I only used four images.

I have added eight more to illustrate the text and to share a lovely walk taken 14 months ago.

Since then my little blog has been viewed in over 100 countries and has had over 57,000 page views.

Thank you for taking the time to view my efforts.

A link to the original to see how far I have come.
http://rambleswithacamera.blogspot.com/2010/09/sunday-stroll-around-little-budworth.html
You never know it might even get a comment.