| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 18th November 2015 Bolderwood Peter Peter, Ray, Rob 7.2 miles Deer Sanctuary Car Park Queens Head Burley ★★▲ |
This walk was rather unusual. There had been a lot of rain so I had planned to walk towards Burley and back along the cycle tracks but Rob complained that he had already "done the Canadian" dozens of times. So we decided to set off without any planned route and to wing it!
 | We set off following a similar route to Ray's walk on 9th September for the first mile and a half. This gave us another opportunity, the first for Rob, to see the winking tree. So we sat and posed this time. |
When we reached a gate half way along Puckpits Inclosure we entered the woods and followed a small track along the fence line and then followed a series of paths leading down to Holm Hill.
It was a very pleasant day and although the wind was pretty fierce it was dry and reasonable warm. This encouraged us to take a fairly circuitous route from Holm Hill back to the car. The tracks were mostly fairly dry but we ran into some difficulty as we reached the northern end of this section. The path turned into a rather deep and soggy marsh. Turning west we had some fun crossing an area that visibly moved as we walked over it. Some created more movement than others! It was just as much fun coming back across the same patch. Eventually we went east to higher ground and found a way through. So on to the footbridge - well not quite - we couldn't find one and had to heroically leap across the stream.
The remainder of the walk was not too eventful thought he slope up from Coneygeer Bottom to the cycle track was quite squelchy.
Most of this walk consisted of tracks that we had not been on before but there are still many more to investigate some other time. As everyone really enjoyed this walk that is something to look forward to.
We had a good lunch at the Queens Head in Burley. You can't grumble at a nice piece of gammon, two eggs, chips and peas for £6.49.
It was a very pleasant day and although the wind was pretty fierce it was dry and reasonable warm. This encouraged us to take a fairly circuitous route from Holm Hill back to the car. The tracks were mostly fairly dry but we ran into some difficulty as we reached the northern end of this section. The path turned into a rather deep and soggy marsh. Turning west we had some fun crossing an area that visibly moved as we walked over it. Some created more movement than others! It was just as much fun coming back across the same patch. Eventually we went east to higher ground and found a way through. So on to the footbridge - well not quite - we couldn't find one and had to heroically leap across the stream.
The remainder of the walk was not too eventful thought he slope up from Coneygeer Bottom to the cycle track was quite squelchy.
Most of this walk consisted of tracks that we had not been on before but there are still many more to investigate some other time. As everyone really enjoyed this walk that is something to look forward to.
We had a good lunch at the Queens Head in Burley. You can't grumble at a nice piece of gammon, two eggs, chips and peas for £6.49.
 Good Dry Paths |  Stream to Leap Across |  Golden Larches |
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