The Wednesday Walk 30th January 2013

The Plan

A Blashford Lakes walk

The Leaders

Trudy B

Who Turned Up

Wendy, Trudy B, Sue, Ros, Tony and Beatrice, David

The Walk

First of all, my apologies and commiserations with our readers who have been unable to see the blog pictures. The system changed around the time of the New Year and I am no longer able to upload pictured from my computer. Why the change? I have no idea. Until I find a way around it, we will have to limit the blog to parchment messages carried in by a runner with a cleft stick! A pity as Trudy B took some fine photographs today.
Today’s walk began at the car park on the land between Kingfisher Lake and Northfield Lake. We took the path that led us up to Snail’s Lane, crossed over and followed the track past the sailing club to the Study Centre. Here we made a short detour into one of the bird hides. From there we followed the track that took us to the pub.
At this point I should make an observation about the footpaths. Four walkers wore Wellington boots and the other three wore walking boots. The wellies definitely had the edge as the ground underfoot was largely sticky mud interspersed with small lakes. However, for all that it was wet underfoot, the day was dry and sunny and the air was much warmer than we have had of late. All-in-all it was a good day for a ramble in the forest.
After lunch we followed a similar route back to the car park. The wind had raised a notch or two by now but it was still a nice day for a walk.

The Pub

The Alice Lisle at Rockford. Lady Alice Lisle was a landed lady who was executed for harbouring fugitives after the defeat of the Monmouth Rebellion at the Battle of Sedgemoor. Her husband, Sir John Lisle was one of the judges at the trial of King Charles I. He was later accused of regicide. Which has nothing to do with the meal we had today. The food was okay, nothing special, and a bit expensive. The staff were friendly and honest… but the service was a bit off. Our order wasn’t sent to the kitchen when it should have been so we had to wait a period of one-cryptic-crossword in time before it was served. And two people had the wrong bill at the end.

Next Week

Meet at Sue’s at 10am for a Sandford walk.

Late Edit
Hallelujah! I've managed to find a way of uploading Trudy's excellent pictures. Let me know if you have any difficulty seeing them.