TODAY should have been Warrington Walking Day.

And it seems the forecasters knew with a wet day predicted today, Friday.

The traditional event was cancelled due to coronavirus, along with all of the town's other walks and festivals.

To mark the occasion, we have gone back in our archives to 2009 when it really rained on Warrington Walking Day.

A downpour halfway round left many of those involved soaked.

Scroll through Mike Boden's pictures from the day below.

Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: Warrington Guardian: