With light rain descending and showers forecast for the rest of the day I wasn’t expecting to see many members at the Ice Cream Farm so it came as a pleasant surprise to find a turnout of seven including Clive and Ivan joining us for a second time. Jim reported that Dave had been advised to keep his hand dry following last week’s injury and so wouldn’t be joining us. Where shall we go? With no strong views expressed today, the choice was whittled down first by general direction: south or east? East was chosen and we studied the map. The Dusty Miller at Wrenbury? What about the Bhurtpore in Aston? The Bhurtpore with its promise of a good selection of real ale was chosen and we were soon on the road with Bryan leading off towards Beeston. Mike suggested a gratuitous extra triangular mile for interest before Ray took the lead through Beeston, Peckforton and some new lanes to Brindley. Then with a right after the canal we tuned south through Ravensmoor to Sound. Although less than a mile from Aston it was still quite early so we headed on towards Audlem to pull in an extra loop arriving back in Aston from the south.
The Bhurtpore’s selection of ales more than met our expectations and we were soon sampling the many ales on offer whilst noting the even larger range promised for the coming week. Unfortunately it was soon time to leave and we headed back through Wrenbury, Cholmondeley and Harthill to arrive back at the Ice Cream Farm by 3.30pm just as the rain returned. With time in hand, and hoping the rain would pass, we were able to relax over coffee and cake before setting out on the final leg back to Chester in the continuing rain. We arrived back just as darkness crept in having completed another glorious day in the Cheshire countryside.
Distance from Chester and back 60 miles.
BW
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