Sunday ramblings...

As a non driver I'm ashamed to say my day off without Chris is usually spent binging on Netflix

and biscuits ...not today. With the internet not yet connected in our new apartment and hardly any phone data I decided to explore our new area.

I headed toward Stretford meadows and then west bound on the Trans Pennine Trail, first towards

Chorlton, roaming along the footpath and along the meadows then meeting the river which I

decided to walk along. I totally misjudged my way and ended up at Chorlton Green where I then

walked through the footpaths and met the Bridgewater Canal. The weather was dry and quite

sunny at the time so I decided to meander along there to see where I could end up. Stopping to

take pictures of cool graffiti and barges along my route.    

 

I travelled along Bridgewater Way to Sale, then Brooklands, Timperley and Altrincham - it was a

very busy morning with parents taking their children cycling, the rowing club out on the water

doing their thing.

I headed on, stopping only for a sip of hot coffee which I'd premade for if the weather got a bit

nippy. Which, hey, we live in Manchester - it always is.

I met my landlady along the way, up near Durham Massey- also out for some air this morning.

She recommended a tea room just a few minutes up the road to me, which sounded lovely, so

off I went.

Lavender Barn Tea Room was indeed lovely - my legs were starting to ache and I decided

I needed a break and a spot of lunch so I settled outside and ordered lavender tea (which I didn't

even know existed - but was great!!) And a good old cheese and chutney sandwich. Yum.

After breaking at the tea rooms for 20 minutes or so I set my way back deciding to take a

different route back home....then as per usual my phone decided to die, so my only way of

navigating back was via road signs and bus maps. I thought I'd never make it back anywhere -

my navigation skills being average at best!

From Dunham Massey I walked my way through altrincham (which seemed to be never ending)

headed toward timperley and brooklands and finally making my way back onto Bridgewater way

where the canal led me back to Stretford, my feet growing increasingly sore every single step.

All in all it was a lovely day out, I rarely do anything useful whilst in my own company so I did get

a sense of accomplishment for making it back to our home even as I struggle to shuffle into the

kitchen to make a nice hot drink on my poor, sore trotters.

Thank you for reading! <3