Today we did an excellent circular walk which started on our doorstep and set off up a steep and muddy hill! We covered about 6.5 miles and went along some very overgrown footpaths, along sunken paths, over fields, around fields and up hill and down dale! Stiles galore, some of them extremely well hidden in the hedges so there were a few panics (me) that we had gone the wrong way! One stile in particular was out of the ordinary - a vertical stone slab.
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| An ancient climbing a stile....sorry, climbing an ancient stile! |
We encountered a large bull...fortunately not in the field we were trying to cross...some frisky looking heifers that fortunately decided to move out of our way, a 'petrol station' that said it was open, but looked decidedly closed and an old well with water dripping from the mouth of a carved statue.
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| The bull |
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| The old gas station |
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| St Peter's Well |
In the evening the Director of the Vivat Trust who was in the office next door, gave us a tour of the Manor house, which will be a very interesting place to stay when it is finished. Too big for us - it sleeps 12.
We took her up on her offer of helping ourselves to the produce in the vegetable garden and had delicious runner beans with our supper and red currants and raspberries for dessert.
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