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BB2541 : The
Cold November Rain
Wednesday
27th November 2025
‘Upon
us all, upon us all, a little rain must
fall’
That’s
what Robert Plant had to say and he was
right. But would Guns N' Roses be
right that we would end up “Walkin’
in the Cold November Rain”?
The
relevance to us was that for the first time
in ages we were actually planning on “Walking
in the Rain”.
Hang-on; wasn’t that Johnny Ray?
It
was Tony’s fault. Having been out
of action for many weeks, he was stir crazy
and anxious for action, singing “Never
mind the weather, as long as we’re together,
we’re off to see the Wild West Show”.
Well, not exactly but that was the
spirit.
We
anticipated two or three hours of cold but
dry weather before the eventual deluge,
though BBC thought we would be in drizzle.
Met Office, as seems to be the case
these days, was a bit more optimistic. It
wasn’t raining or even drizzling as we parked
below the White Scar cliffs on Whitbarrow.
I
had worried that the Great Slab might be
treacherous but it turned out to be pretty
secure as long as you avoided the obviously
greasy parts.
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Once
we had reached the bench in the wood, we
turned to head up and out onto the open
ground of Farrer’s Allotment.
Visibility
was a bit gloomy but, yes, we could see
Blackpool Tower.
Just.
Normally
we would have set off for Lord’s Seat but,
mindful of the forecasts, this time our
target was Pether Pots and the Whitbarrow
National Nature Reserve. In the woods,
we thought, any rain would be of minimal
consequence and, besides, we had never walked
that route previously.
We
came across an unusual building. At
first, it just looked like an unremarkable
cattle shed, but closer inspection revealed
that it was constructed from interlacing
wood logs much like an Alpine “magic” hut.
Called “magic” because two people
would go into them and three come out!
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The
trail through the woods wasn’t that exciting.
The novelty of seeing only flora without
fauna wears off after a while. Still,
the journey was broken by our lunch stop.
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One
we had turned to head back down
the other side of the cliffs,
still in woodland, it started
to drizzle.
A
happy Tony kindly reminded us
of what Guns N' Roses went on
to say: "Nothin' lasts forever, even cold November rain"
then to our amazement did
an impression of Ernie Wise
“Singing
in the Rain”.
What
a classic. I didn't know
he could dance.
I
mean Tony.
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By
the time we emerged into open land it was
sufficiently wet to stop me being able to
use the touch screen on my phone. That
was a first.
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Before
we reached the car, it did start
to rain, not heavily but enough
to make us put on our little-used
waterproofs.
It
wasn’t until after we reached
the safety of the Hare and Hounds
that the promised deluge arrived.
We
sat supping whilst peering through
the window, "Looking
at the Rain"
rather more cheerfully than
Gordon Lightfoot !
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Don,
Wednesday 26th November 2025
Thanks to
Tony and Mike for several of the photos
and to Robert for the Relive.
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