Brinklow Scarecrow Trail

Monday was a Bank Holiday here in England, we had no real plans as every day is a holiday now we are retired ... hee hee 

But we did decide to go out for a walk and as a local village had a Scarecrow Trail we thought we'd go and have a look, it's the first one aince 2019. 

Brinklow lies on the Fosse Way, a Roman Road, and also has a moat and bailey castle. Wewalked up to the castle but I decided not to climb to the top as it's very steep, more a worry of coming down than going up. It looks a small mound in my photo but look at the trees to get a perspective.

We also popped into the church, it's the only church I know that slopes upwards. 

We had a two mile walk around the village looking at everyone's scarecrows, such great ideas. It must take hours to construct them. 

My favourite was The Queen and Paddington. My other top ones were The Repair Shop and the Bowling. There were many more, we didn't manage to walk the lower part of the village so missed quote a few; these were my highlights.

Over the weekend the village had had events on including a vintage car show and a Lancaster fly past. 

It's held every two years so next time we might go on one of the activity days although it was nice to see the displays without crowds.