It was a sunny day, so we made a return visit to the Longshaw Estate that is owned by the National Trust. It is beautiful here at the moment with its autumnal colours.
There's a group of Mandarin ducks on the lake. We only usually see one or two on the water, so it was a nice surprise to see several of them.
They're quite shy birds but these didn’t seem to mind us being around. We then followed the footpath round the pond through Granby Wood.
We walked to the barn and came to a road, so we decided to retrace our steps back through the wood.
The Longshaw Estate is a very busy location at weekends and school holidays.
Children seem to love it here as there's plenty of things to do, especially hiding amongst the trees. Today it was pretty quiet.
Obviously, at the end of the walk we had to treat ourselves to a coffee and pie!
