7th January -- Styal, Cheshire
Wow! another great day out in Styal, a perfect winters day weather wise, not a cloud in the sky all day, hardly any wind, a lot of the mud frozen hard. The venue chosen ideal for winter walking, and with a fairly short coach journey. The Ship Inn, an excellent country pub even if a bit crowded and the tea rooms opposite also proved popular.
The A walk dropped off in Knutsford and started with a clockwise circuit of Tatton Park then headed Eastwards to join the Cheshire Way past the end of Manchester airport and along the River Bollin to Styal
			Heading north
Tatton House
Cake!			taken in the stable yard
Past the war memorial		and the Deer Park
			and back down the other side of the lake
Plane		spotter's		paradise!
Headwind!
The B walk started in
Styal village			and headed westwards into the wooded valley
of the River Bollin			Wintry foliage..
....and lingering autumn leaves			Crossing and re-crossing the river made for more climbing than expected!
More frosty foliage..
			..signs of Spring too
Lunch was taken by Black Lake			on Lindow Common
Returning by way of Pownall Park back to			The River Bollin
Past Styal mill			and back to Styal village
Photos by Derek Hesketh and John Hodgson