Chewton Woods.

On a beautiful sunny Saturday morning Pete and Shirl set off from their favourite Inn; 'The Kings Arms' at Litton. The walk took them through the village where they wished two cyclist a good morning and carried on through Chewton Woods, not a soul insight. The path came out on to a nature reserve called 'Hollow Marsh' where butterflies and bees in their hundreds covered a field of wild flowers. Two deers crossed their path and pheasants scurried away. They had lunch in a field with fantastic views towards Ston Easton. They carried on the walk to 'Hinton Field Farm' where they were forced to ask a lady riding a horse if they were in the right area? They discovered that the stile with footpath marker had been removed. Their direction was up towards 'Shortwood House' and Coley. With fantastic views of the lakes at Litton they descended down to the lake side where they spotted two fishermen in a boat. The lakes were the lowest they had seen them. Happy memories of walks gone by as they passed the fisherman's log cabin and the wall where the group had posed for a picture, on the Christmas holiday walk. They then greeted a young couple with a baby and a dog. The total number of people they saw on the walk was eight, not many on a three hour walk. Finishing in style with a drink and a bowl of chips. We must do this walk again it's a beauty.