We're staying close by for this week's walk, taking a gentle stroll round the sleepy back lanes of Mouldsworth, home of the iconic Mouldsworth Motor Museum.

Located in the Art Deco surrounds of a former water softening plant, this museum was a trip through the ages of motoring history, its impressive collection of vintage cars and memorabilia providing a popular subject for many TV news reports and articles over the years.

Unfortunately, it closed down in 2013, but the building still stands at the end of Smithy Lane.

Our two mile walk is great for wet winter days, as, by sticking mainly to quiet lanes and footpaths, it avoids boggy open fields.

There is plenty of space to park in Mouldsworth Station, whose cute station building dates back to 1869.

• From the station car park, turn left down the road.

As you go, you might notice Mouldsworth's Catholic Church of St Cuthbert by the Forest with its unusual freestanding bell tower, sitting on your right.

This church was built in the Arts and Crafts style in the 1950s, and is a Grade II listed building.

• Continue past a fishing lake and towards a kissing gate and footpath sign on your left.

• Follow the path up through the winter skeleton of a small wood, which will bring you out into a field.

• Head straight across towards another kissing gate, and then turn left onto Grange Road.

Narrow, quiet, and hugged by overhanging branches, this lane is a pleasant break from constant car dodging of some country roads.

• After walking along for about half a mile, you will reach a sharp junction, where a left turn onto Old Lane will see you almost double back on yourself.

• Reaching the end of the lane, cross straight over Delamere Road to meet a descending track.

• Follow this down to Ashton Brook, saying hello to the donkeys and goats in the neighbouring field as you go.

• As you cross over the stream, the path begins to rise up once again, moving under a railway bridge before emerging onto the peaceful Stable Lane.

• Having reached the end of the lane, you can either turn left to return directly to your car, or right to continue on your walk.

• After your right turn, you will almost immediately see a staggered junction on the left-hand side of the road, leading you onto Chapel Lane.

• Continue for a few hundred metres, past the converted chapel which is the lane's namesake. You will then see a footpath on your left, accessed by both a stile and a gate.

• Follow this across three small fields or paddocks until you emerge onto a driveway.

• Turn left towards the beautiful houses on Smithy Lane, where a quick right turn will bring you to another driveway-cum-footpath.

• The track eventually becomes a grassy – and currently very snowy – path through the middle of the fields, returning you to Mouldsworth's Station Road.

• Once on the road, turn right to drop down to Mouldsworth Station and the Goshawk pub once again.

The Goshawk's history dates back to the 1880s, when it was known as the Station Hotel. The hotel and its bowling green were famous for their lovely views over Cheshire.

Under normal circumstances, this would be the perfect time to pop into the Goshawk for a drink or a meal. But alas, this isn't an option at the moment.