Today’s
walk can only be described as one of complete contrast! We met at Francis
Avenue and straight away it started to rain, black clouds all around us. Sue
and Beatrice promptly decided to meet us at lunchtime in the pub and went on
their way.
Ros, Wendy, Trudy H and myself decided to be brave (some might say foolhardy!) and started off through the golf course. At one stage we stopped to adjust our capes and a chap came along with a huge dog. He (the dog) just stood and stared wide-eyed at us, you could almost read his thoughts as: "where on earth did that lot come from?" Very funny.
After criss-crossing the heath, going wrong, and having to backtrack a bit, we got to the pub, soaking wet because the rain just never stopped. Unfortunately we had all believed the forecast and did not bother with waterproof trousers, big mistake.
Beatrice and Sue were there, having spent time in various shops with a coffee break in between, and Tony joined us soon after.
During lunch the sun came out and everybody decided on walking back. What a difference. We had warm sunshine and not a cloud in the blue sky. We took the red brick path through the woods before climbing up the only real hill. That path was partly steps and partly gravel, so it did get us out of breath a bit. We took another little detour down a valley where we saw a lonely deer. He didn't seem a bit fazed by us, just stood looking at us, a bit like the dog in the morning!
Back to the car and the short drive for a well-deserved cuppa and a piece of carrot cake at the home of yours truly.
The pub was The Haymoor. The food was very good (there would have been 3 pies to choose from David!) and the prices were incredible. Ros had jacket potato with cheese and beans for £2.69. We were all well satisfied with everything, even the coffee at £1.19 was good value.
Next week we meet at Coy Pond at 10.30am
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