A wet run with the countryside to myself

 The tiny nature reserve provides a great place to start a run along the Dane Valley. Sadly a run-friendly compact camera can't capture the dozens of swallows which were swooping low along the river catching insects, or the grey wagtail perched on a branch with the same thought in mind.

This part of Cheshire is not exactly wild but it is very pretty. The River Dane is apparently the longest, cleanest and (maybe) the fastest flowing river in Cheshire. It must surely be one of the most winding rivers too.

Who says sheep are foolish? These ones had the sense to shelter from the drizzle under a tree

What a difference a week makes: 

last weekend at Brereton Heath in the sunshine:

Today at the same nature reserve in the rain.
I rather enjoyed it.

So, not exactly Wild Running Boff, but it was mainly off the beaten track and much more interesting because of it. 4.7 miles (mostly running, a little walking after the odd small hill) passed remarkably painlessly.