May 2007
The plan is: Barbury Castle car park - Four Mile Clump - Ogbourne St Andrew - cross the A346 - back along the old Railway line path - to Ogbourne St George and The-Inn-with-the-Well for lunch. 6½ miles (all downhill)
The Inn with The Well, Ogbourne St George - Smeathes Ridge - Barbury Castle car park. 2½ miles (and uphill)
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The Gathering of the clans, discussion of weather prospects etc.
It has to be said, Westlea Church are not often ready early…especially if there's faffing-about to do
Finally, a walking group.Unfortunately no pictures of the late-comers - we catch up later
Come on - this way
Go on - that way
It's pretty straight down to four mile clump
But at least there's some horse activity to watch
Looking tired?
Need a sit down?
Four mile clump - shady respite
Suitable ridges to mess about on. Wasting time hoping the stragglers will catch up
More waiting for the straggling group.This time by the gallops above Rockley
Stocking up on essential blood sugars
A whole field of dandelion seed heads
Two weeks before - on the recce, it was a field of Dandelion flowers
Oil seed rape
Path down to Ogbourne Maizey
If you walk fast, you get to sit and wait...
look at the nice houses...
...and watch the slower folks turn up
Nice!
The Marlborough to Chiseldon section of the Midland and Southern Junction Railway - now a footpath and SUSTRANs route 45. You'd never get a train through there now.
Nice trees though
The odd embankment to clamber on
Really, really late comers, turning up to walk with us...a mile from the pub...classy!
Only the slim shall pass.
The young climb over.
The aged and wise open the gate
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Holy Trinity
Shaw
St Mary’s
Lydiard Tregoze
Toothill
Westlea
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