Yesterday with a couple of friends in sunshine, I walked along the Swettenham Bridleway from Brereton Heath country park to The Swettenham Arms pub for refreshments, where we were greeted with crackling log fires. This is one of my favourite jaunts as the surface is always good whatever the weather and there are splendid views across the Dane Valley, where the river makes it's many meanders in the Cheshire countryside. In the image the horse riders are approaching the bridge over the river and this is the only crossing between Radnor and Holmes chapel about 5 -6 miles as the crow flies.
There is a good map showing the route plus an extra loop at
We also visited The Quinta arboretum accessed behind the pub. As well as seeing the many unusual trees in autumnal glory we also spotted Sir Bernard Lovell pottering around his estate.
The history and arboreal details can be found at
I love taking photos of the reflections in the pool.
The arboretum takes it's name from the house built by a Rev Banner whose fiance had agreed to marry him on condition that he built a copy of her Congleton home named 'The Quinta' - the name derived from the Portugese for 'house'. This must have been the one on Sandbach Rd that was demolished a few years ago.
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