Bisley September 2010

Bisley Walk

Started off from The Bear at Bisley which incidently looks a nice pub to come back to at some point. The walk was described at six miles with some strenuous parts. Once again we were lucky with the weather and it was a glorious September day, not too hot but just right for a walk.
The route quickly took us into wooded valleys which looked lovely with the dappled sun coming through the trees. As the description said some bits were steep , both ascending and descending but nothing we couldn't cope with. After all we have a mountain coming up next month.
Stopping for a picnic of sandwiches, cake and crisps- what other sort of picnic is there- we sat overlooking some huge Cotwold houses and farms near Slad.
Needless to say we went wrong somewhere along the route and ended up having to double back on ourselves so when we came to the last stretch along the banks of a little stream we were all feeling rather hot and sticky and couldn't wait to get the boots off.
We limped back into Bisley at around four and quickly found the village shop which sold Winstone's Ice Cream. All in all a lovely September walk passed hedgerows full of blackberries, sloes and elderberries.