Irchester Country Park in the drizzle

Today we visited Irchester Country Park, about 50 minutes from St Neots but the Northamptonshire council website is amazing, they each have maps for the walks and colour coded trails so we are working our way through the country parks. £2.50 was a bit steep, but we started our walk when it was spitting. This former ironstone quarry has a wonderful children's play area as well as a network of long and short trails through 83 hectares of mixed woodland. The park is home to the Quarryman's Rest Cafe, Jungle Parc UK and the Irchester Narrow Gauge Railway museum.

We walked past the quarry and viewpoint..into the quarry. The best bit was the sign saying danger. Spitting then turned into drizzle that turned into full blown rain. It was ok until we got about 2 thirds around and went the wrong way, but this time I was getting grumpy and just wanted to be dry. In the dry, it must be gorgeous, it has a troll bridge, multiple tree plantations, ponds, play area, cafe...but all I wanted was to be warm. A gorgeous park but sadly you can hear the road all the way through the trails so it doesn't feel so isolated.