Jacqui leads off a party of 31 walkers, including three guests from near Manchester
Is it Spring already?
We head down the valley
A lone sheep, where are her friends?
A little Autumn colour left
We are following the higher route behind the mansion
Not sure why these are built?
We head further down
Past one of the lakes
Plenty more sheep here
We turn right along one of the dams
High water - can you complete the message?
A very attractive place
To have a coffee stop
Possibly the summer cottage of the 18th century Ducie family?
We head back
Across a meadow
All heads down in a damp area
Along the other side of the lake
Brian remembers working on the roof of the old boathouse in the 1990's when the National Trust took over the Park
Come on Brian, we're getting behind
No chance of getting lost, as we head up
Past the unfinished Mansion, closed for the winter
What's this? Old fashioned telegraph posts
A new gateway? Actually made of wood with a plaster skim. It's a film set temporarily, see info below
The National Trust is after younger members
Fancy balancing on this?
Or bouncing on this?
Don't do it Bernard!
That's better
Arriving back at the car park, we work out from the information board that we must have done parts of the orange and red routes