The old abbey

Chorleywood to Great Missenden
22 March 2015
6 people
28km, 18 miles

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The sun tried to peek at us through clouds

As we had a hit or miss behind a pile of logs

And walked through woods still bare of leaves

In Spring with new crops in the fields.

Objects guessed afar on the horizon

Water tower, windmill, a stately home

People drinking their lunchtime pints 

Laughing and talking on a village green.

An old church hidden in the woodland sun

Fast post prandial walking accross the fields 

Remains of an abbey reflected in a pond

A twist in the tail and the last train home.

The Hope

Merstham to Putney

24 January 2015
19 people
21 miles
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We walked on muddy footpaths

our steps crunching splashily

through thin sheets of ice

which covered every muddy puddle.

Cold sun crossed Alderstead Heath

with long grey woodland shadows

Chaldon church stood timelessly

among the trees in its old churchyard.

We feasted on ales and stews

in Carshalton's community pub

then along the babbling Wandle

to Putney's riverside elegance.

The ostrich

Great Missenden to Amersham

7 March 2015

27 km (17 miles)

19 people

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Winter wheat harvested

Fields ready for the plough

Sun still low in the sky

Winter coats all packed away.

A puddingstone at Cholesbury

Carried here in ancient times 

Pub lunches longingly desired

An old windmill in the sun.

Grassy valleys by some woods

Lonely ostriches in a field

An old arboraceous graveyard

A tree lined walk to town.