Barton St. David

Our First Anniversary Walk! This was our second walk from Barton St. David but one we looked forward to. Just five of us parked up by the village hall in Barton for the 6.5 mile walk to King Weston, Copley Wood & Butleigh Cross. It was a lovely sunny day and we made good time through the fields towards King Weston, with lots of wild life to look at. As is the norm with our walks, Copley Woods was a different matter all together! Let's just say that the pathway out of the woods seemed to disappear, thanks to Brian we forged on and did emerge from the woods more or less where we thought we would! Having stopped for lunch we walked on to Butleigh Cross, the views were amazing. We crossed a hidden stream? or not, who knows! and made our way back to the quirkey 'nnI notraB' to sample a pint or two of the local ales and end a smashing walk. Here's to our next anniversary! One Step Beyond!

Hinton Blewitt - Extended Walk

Seven of us set out from the picturesque village of Hinton Blewitt, meeting in the lay-by opposite the Ring o' Bells. We decided to extend a walk we had done previously to Cameley making it over 5 miles. The weather was kind to us as we crossed the fields and the River Cam, the fields were full of mushrooms and several of us helped ourselves as we made our way to the village of Cameley! The beautiful 12th century church of St. James gave us shelter from the rain, David tested the acoustics with an entertaining song or two and we ate lunch in the porch. Rain stopped, we then skirted Cameley Lodge, and took to the hills above the lakes, passing some fine views, we made our way back round to the cars and just for a change, a welcome pint of ale at the pub.