A DIARY OF THE WALKS
Jane, Nicky, Lorna and Heather plus guests
Wednesday, 16 March 2011
Sunday, 5 September 2010
Saturday, 4 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.
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.
Monday, 23 August 2010
Broadway to the Tower
August 22nd
Met up in Broadway and took a right out of the village towards the Tower. After a steepish climb through fields and passed delapidated dry stone walling we reached the Tower for a well earned rest. Spurning the delights of The William Morris Room but promising to return to it at some future date we sat outside the cafe and enjoyed a pot of tea with all the other visitors. Finding a huge iguana in the tearoom though is a little unexpected and just a little sad.
Carrying on away from the bustle we found a flock of sheep just about to be fed. The farmer advised us they were Suffolk rams and good for putting with less sturdy sheep - so continuing our sheep breed identification skills. He even suggested that we should go to the Moreton Show in September, little did he know that we were thinking this would just blow our minds completely with all that livestock.
We got a bit lost on the way back to Broadway and ended up having to turn around and go back the way we'd just been for a while but we did manage to see someone's very nice house from both the front and the back. Eventually came down to the village through what turned out to be the hunt stables. Surprised that this was so close to the centre but none of us knew it existed.
Sunday, 8 August 2010
August walk
Putting Snowdon to the back of our minds for the moment we have the venue for a late summer walk to decide. If anyone has a brilliant ideas please let us know . Up for consideration so far are an Arts and Craft walk on Minchinhampton Common, a stroll alongside the canal, a waterside walk near the Wye river or perhps some much needed mountain climbing pratice?
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