We set off from Smeardon Down with the expectation of getting drenched. Just half an hour before the walk started there had been heavy downpours and as we walked up to White Tor, spotting lots of fungi along the way, the sky became very dark. As we came off White Tor we even had thunder and lightening and there was definitely rain but we were in a ‘walkers weather bubble’ where no rain fell and within it the sun shone. In fact, as we stopped for tea at Hill Bridge we were like lizards basking in glorious sunshine. There was some lovely sunlight in Creason Woods as we followed the leat and then our last stop before getting back to the cars was a visit to the ruins of Twyste Farm. The highlights of the walk were all the weird and wonderful fungi we found, the dramatic weather conditions and then a rather lush lunch at the Peter Tavy Inn. Walkers were: me, Jon, Charlie, Anne, Liz, Peter C, Raz and Stella, and Jane and Phil.
Dianne