Daughter D took this photo from the middle of the stepping stones, something that I've never done! The water in Agden Beck by the bridge wasn't very deep. Sometimes when the water is higher they can be slippery. I've known her boys to have crossed the stream using the stepping stones when they've come for a visit.
Someone has had fun balancing these stones one on top of another.
How's it done we wonder?
Further along the water channel the stream opens up into a wider place with a shallow weir where the ducks can swim, make nests and generally shelter away from visitors although they're always happy to swim or walk over to say "hello".
We wandered along the lane and sat in the garden of The Plough Inn. From the look of that pile of logs the inn is ready for the colder months. There's a large inglenook fireplace inside.
Honeysuckle and clematis are still in full flower.
There's a view of Foxholes Farm at the back of the pub garden which is surrounded by farmland.
Sitting in the garden looking the other way we could see St Nicholas' Church high up on the hill at High Bradfield.
The evening was drawing in and we didn't stay long. A faint rainbow over the fields indicated that despite the fact that the sun was setting there was rain not far away too and it was time to head home.
On our way home we stopped to take a look at the decorated mural on the walls of the bus stop shelter next to the local school. It has been designed and painted by the schoolchildren and funded by Bradfield Parish Council. It looks like exterior improvements to the school building and the road outside the school entrances have been going on during the school closure and Summer holiday period. No doubt everything will be completed in time for the children to be welcomed back to school.
Here's the school taken a few years ago during one of my local walks.
Thanks for calling in. Have a lovely day and a good September!