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Susan's avatar

I remember as a child wandering along quiet lanes in the Cheshire countryside, and hearing yellowhammers and skylarks. Then as an adult, I used to drive along the M6/M56/M53 to visit my parents, little realising how close I was to the paths I used to wander. The motorways made the journey much quicker, but these days I feel quite bad that I was just the sort of person these motorways were build for. I wonder how much I would have been prepared to give up to preserve the countryside and the wildlife as it was……

I still dream of those quiet lanes 🥹.

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Andy Buck's avatar

Another great post David, thank you. I'm pretty sure that the Secret Seat is on the right bank of the River Sheaf at Broadfield Road. Note also the male Mandarin Duck in the photo, one of the 20 or so in what has become a thriving community of these somewhat ostentatious birds.

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