We had a bit of a respite in our weather. I can’t quite go as far as to say we haven’t had any rain, but we have had some whole precipitation-free days.
On one of our walks at Nostell, the puddles that had turned the pathways into obstacle courses had almost dried up. This was only a temporary phenomenon, as by Saturday the puddles were back.
We need just two more stamps on Ruby’s Pooch Passport to complete the challenge of visiting twelve National Trust properties before the end of February.
It would be considerably easier if we had realised sooner that the National Trust was issuing passports for 2025–2026. They seemed to keep this very quiet until something surfaced on Facebook. By then, we were already a month behind, and playing catch-up.
In hindsight, we may have made a tactical error by leaving the two properties that require a trip across the Pennines until last. Still, one of them — Dunham Massey — is well worth a winter visit, so perhaps it’s not such a bad move after all, if only we make it.
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