| Date: Location: Walk Leader: Participants: Distance: Parking: Lunch: | 11th June 2014 Broadmayne Clive Clive, Peter, Ray, Rob 7.6 miles Small side road off the main street in Broadmayne The Ship Inn Wool ★★ |
This was a really nice day and very pleasant walking weather. The walk starts through some pleasant farm land going up to West Knighton and then on to Stafford Farm where there are some nice old buildings.
We found a very pleasant spot for our coffee close to West Stafford and it was good to see the rural community spirit at work. St Andrews Church is some 600 years old although apparently very little of the original building remains.
It was a very small diversion to go and look at The River Frome just past Lewell Mill Farm and well worth the effort. There were also numerous wild flowers brightening up the hedge rows with the wild roses looking particularly fine this week.
It looked for a moment as if the small pedestrian railway crossing just after Lower Lewell Farm may have been closed but all was well and we reached the other side safely.
The sand and gravel pits on the left create an almost futuristic looking landscape. There was no work going on but still plenty of notices warning of deep water and dangerous quick sands.
A little further on we walked past the water cress beds, which were being cleansed up for the new crop, before joining a short section of the Jubilee Trail and then continuing back into Broadmayne.
A very pleasant day out.
We found a very pleasant spot for our coffee close to West Stafford and it was good to see the rural community spirit at work. St Andrews Church is some 600 years old although apparently very little of the original building remains.
It was a very small diversion to go and look at The River Frome just past Lewell Mill Farm and well worth the effort. There were also numerous wild flowers brightening up the hedge rows with the wild roses looking particularly fine this week.
It looked for a moment as if the small pedestrian railway crossing just after Lower Lewell Farm may have been closed but all was well and we reached the other side safely.
The sand and gravel pits on the left create an almost futuristic looking landscape. There was no work going on but still plenty of notices warning of deep water and dangerous quick sands.
A little further on we walked past the water cress beds, which were being cleansed up for the new crop, before joining a short section of the Jubilee Trail and then continuing back into Broadmayne.
A very pleasant day out.
 England's green and pleasant land |  Wild roses |  Reviving the water cress beds |  Seen better days |
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