This Weeks Group Walk :: Number 13

Hello Lovelies,

after a long run of dull and sometimes wet Thursdays it was so nice to be able to walk in the sunshine this week.

As usual, this was a circular walk, starting in a pretty village.........

then walking along footpaths which wind their way through gentle, rolling countryside........

Though the sun was rather watery it was noticeably warmer than previous walks this year.
 The trees are still bare, but the fields are full of Lambs.........

My favourite spring sight...........

We walked past free range chickens........

and ruined buildings...........

then into the next village where the old cottages were so pretty. I loved the spring flowers and the doorstep milk delivery here.........

Then it was off to the churchyard, and our lunch stop. Time to eat my tuna sandwiches and sip my Thermos of coffee..........

Most of the walking group have little mats to sit on when we stop. I've now got one like THIS in my back pack....and it's brilliant. It weighs nothing, and you always have a warm, dry, padded place to sit :0)

After lunch I took the opportunity to look around the church. The pews were so primitive and they looked really old..........

I've since looked up this church and apparently they are thought to be 15th century.........

Wow

It was such a calm and beautifully simple church..........

We quietly had a look around and as we left the old stone floor looked lovely bathed in sunlight.........

Then it was back out into the countryside to continue our circuit...........

Can you see the footpath, zig-zaging from one stile to the next.......

Here the fields still looked very bleached and wintry..........

But down by the river some fresh greens were peeping through.........

After eight and a half miles we were back at the village we started in. I loved this glimpse into a cobbed courtyard......

And I loved this sunny walk. I can hardly believe this was my 13th walk with the group. I'm really looking forward to the spring walks, and discovering somewhere new each week.

 I'm so glad I plucked up the courage to join this kind and friendly bunch.

Jacquie x