July and Learning More About This Special Place

This issue's ‘Ruby celebration’ front cover was photographed and produced by Mo Bowman

I am very much looking forward to the farm tour of Stantyway on 3rd July and learning more about this special place. Recent visits have resulted in two ‘firsts’ for Peter and I. A few weeks ago, a curious leveret came to within just a few feet of us before deciding that we were not particularly interesting and lolloping away. More recently on a (very) early morning visit we spotted two hares enjoying their breakfast and then heard, and ultimately managed to spot, a Cirl Bunting singing lustily in the hedgerow. I have to confess that neither or us was certain as to the identity of the bird until we came upon the OVA’s new information board outside Stantyway’s honesty café (see below). What a brilliant idea! Thank you to Geoff Porter of our Natural Environment Committee for arranging this.

It was lovely to be part of the Ruby Anniversary celebrations last week and to see so many members there to mark this special occasion. Mo Bowman kindly took a number of photographs during the afternoon, a small selection of which are published in this issue and others on the website. If anyone would like copies please email [email protected].

The new OVA information board at Stantyway

Chairman’s Musings

Another newsletter it seems that only very recently was writing my ‘musings’ for the Sprin issue. When retired naively thouht that the conveyer belt of life would slow down. Alas the control knob isn’t working.

The AG went well in the pavilion at ewton oppleford the venue provin to be very suitable. Althouh the meetin ust failed to beat the previous record in terms of duration we manaed to et throuh the formalities in uicktime. ollowin the meetin avid White the wildlife photorapher ave us a viewin of his latest pictures of the mammals and birds to be found in our neck of the woods includin of course the famous polecats. ot only was he able to show us the pictures but he was able to speak very knowledably about the subects. t really was the hihliht of the evenin and we were amaed at the variety of creatures in our patch.

The ood news is that icola has been able to report some encourain news in her uest to try and ensure that the obectives of our Association in the plannin world are fulfilled. She has carried out her work painstakinly and with enormous dilience but now am sad to report that after si years in harness she will be steppin down. hope that we can find another member who will continue her important work.

After early sihtins of the dreaded imalayan alsam the nvironmental roup anticipated an early start to their campain. owever the cooler weather has resulted in the first pull of the season bein scheduled for th une. This first meetin is held in conunction with linton evon states and they will always ive a warm welcome to new volunteers.

The walks roup continue to report successful forays into all manner of places and numbers are continuin to hold up.

The ast evon ocal (eritae) ists Guide has taken another lurch forward. has appointed a lannin olicy Officer to deal with this proect. She has decided that those compilin this uide should have some formal trainin. ee Woods has manaed to secure some welcome fundin from the ast evon Area of Outstandin atural eauty to cover some of the epenses and is presently eplorin other possible sources. See below for information about how you can et involved.

e re still looking for suitble lce to store rious items belonging to the ssocition such s the gebo n the isly bors. e re not looking for ‘spare house’, which a grou in uleigh re seeking for yrin refugee fmily but woul settle for smll sce in grge or she.

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he is ery lese to be working with st eon istrict ouncil to rogress one of the ctions roe in the new st eon eritge trtegy .

re looking to locl communities to o much of the grounwork in ientifying wht nees consering s rt of their eritge trtegy.

his is n innotie ccity builing roect for the community inoling the trining of olunteers ssionte bout their locl heritge.

rining will be gien in the ssessment of onsertion res using st uleigh s ilot. ther tsks for which trining will lso be roie inclue heling to eelo mngement ln for the onsertion re ssessing the eternl conition of re liste builings n ientifying ny locl heritge ssets. e also hope to work with local schools to encourage the children’s interest in the built enironment n insire future heritge chmions.

he is ery grteful to the st eon for the generous funing of this roect though their ustinble eeloment un. sum of hs been grnte to y for the initil y trining course ue to tke lce lter this yer.

f ny members re intereste n wnt to lern more bout this eciting roect lese contct s or ia anis or emil infoo.org.uk. 5

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he o the ssociation took place at ewton oppleord laing ields ailion on th a n eer wishing to see the inutes o the eeting can access the ia the wesite ne o the ain agenda ites was the election o a nuer o new icers ollowing the departure o our preious reasurer, on ecretar and alks rganiser hese positions hae een illed the ollowing

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ter a career in the iopharaceutical industr oed, with ail, to udleigh alterton in will e a ailiar ace to an eers, haing held a nuer o posts with the ssociation, including three ears as reasurer and our ears as hairan also anage the aceook page

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acui and oed to ewton oppleord ears ago ater an ears liing in tratorduponon ithin a ew weeks o our oe we discoered the and oined iediatel e oth eno walking, wildlie and local histor and the oered a good connection to likeinded people e spend a lot o our ree tie eploring this wonderul region aing enoed ears o eership a pleased to hae the opportunit to ake a contriution to the ssociation look orward to

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hae lied in udleigh alterton since ollowing a career in ondon with n addition to inoleent with the including a nuer o ears as weaster olunteer or seeral local organisations, such as the eon istor ociet, the outh est oast ath ssociation, ast eon and airlnch useu eno walking and ccling in the tter alle with ail

oths are declining in the tudies hae ound the oerall nuer o oths has decreased since he situation is particularl ad in southern ritain, where oth nuers are down an indiidual species hae declined draaticall in recent decades and oer ecae etinct in the th centur adl, aong the species which hae declined are an eautiul oths which were preiousl er coon and reuentl seen in our gardens

hese alaring decreases in oth populations are not ust ad news or the oths theseles, ut also hae worring iplications or the rest o our wildlie oths and their caterpillars are iportant ood ites or an other species, including aphiians, sall aals, ats and an ird species oth caterpillars are especiall iportant or eeding oung chicks, including those o ost ailiar garden irds such as the lue it and reat it, oin, ren and lackird serious decline in oth nuers could hae disastrous knockon eects or all these species lread, research has indicated that a decrease in the aundance o ats oer arland is related to the decline in the oths that the depend on uckoos a also hae een aected he specialise in eating hair caterpillars, which ost other irds aoid, and it has een suggested that the drop in our uckoo population a e linked to the decline in oth caterpillars including the arden iger pictured

he wildlie charit, utterl onseration, has thereore launched a capaign called ‘Moths Matter’ to urge the British public to rethink their generall negatie iew o oths arlier this ear the charit carried out a poll which indicated that nearly ¾ of the population view moths as ‘pests’ or, at est, the dull relaties o utterlies he capaign will attept to change this iew, highlight the iportance o oths as iportant pollinators and ood source eople are eing asked to cultiate othriendl gardens planting nightscented lowers and leaing allen leaes and other plant deris on the ground to proide the oths with a place to hide ro predators

ou hae an interest in oths and utterlies ake a date in our diar as on th oeer arr enwood, past hairan and current eer o utterl onseration eon ranch, will e presenting a talk on the natural histor o oths and utterlies he talk will highlight soe rearkale ehaiour including deence echaniss against attack ro predators uch o the content o the talk will e ased on original aterial which will e used in a orthcoing ook entitled “Field Guide to Caterpillars of Great Britain and Ireland” cowritten our speaker and hil terling so if you can’t ake the talk ou will e ale to u the ook

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s an eers will e aware, a planning application has een suitted to to conert the rand ead oseration post uilding to a unit o holida accoodation t the tie o going to press we are in the earl stages o discussion e welcoe the input ro eers who hae contacted us and their concerns will e taken into account in our oral response to the application

I am aware that my column on planning matters is often one of doom and gloom so it is wonderful to publicise some good news e have ust heard that an ppeals Inspector has refused an appeal to build a house in a garden in Granary ane Budleigh alterton he appellant argued that previously another ppeals Inspector had interpreted the Budleigh alterton eighbourhood lan policy as a general policy not one that specified that infill development should reflect the character of an area his original interpretation was bad news for the town as it could theoretically have opened up some unsympathetic garden development he Budleigh alterton eighbourhood lan ousing and nvironment Focus Group and the wrote strong appeal letters to the lanning Inspectorate regarding this particular proposed development in Granary ane o it was with delight that the Inspector wrote

“In my opinion this is not a general objective but a prescriptive test which requires site specific application.”

Following this news I will continue with a positive theme It is heartening that bele ree ouse left was not demolished and the bridge over the broo widened in Fore treet Budleigh alterton as was the aim of a submitted planning application in his was reected by the C planning committee he house and garden has been given tender loving care and is now an asset to the Conservation rea

I would also lie to give a good eample of garden development but I am very aware that building design is very much one of taste and I have several times been accused of not liing contemporary design I refute this as good design is good design but to my mind good design means that a house has to sit comfortably in its setting his is why the atchard mith houses in Budleigh alterton and the amson houses in idmouth are eamples of cohesiveness these architects carefully situated their houses in their plots in relation to the sun and view and in relation to the surrounding area I ased your ecutive Committee to give me

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learnt “on the job”. There must be people in our 800 odd membership who would

n aturda rd arh more than 0 olunteers turned out on a dull old mornin to help pi up 0 sas o rubbish on the tter stuar rom udleih ime iln ar par to outh arm oad. s usual the bul o rubbish onsisted o various forms of plastic including ‘nurdles’. Volunteers also draed up tres ishin nets rope loats and hoos.

0 toens were presented to two olunteers b ounillor Tom riht or their more unusual inds rom a seletion that inluded a diers mas inhaler rub ball not so uddl to do boot liplop plasti du and muh more.

The eent was oranised b the with support rom linton eon states. Thans to eep ritain Tid and treetsene or proidin euipment and the olletion o rubbish and to all who ame alon to help.

… and more Good News

n our ummer issue e reported tat te government ad launced a consultation asing te pulic for teir vies aout creating a ne group of arine onservation ones s – areas at sea ere ildlife is protected from damaging activities. n total special places ere cosen for te pulic to comment on nine of them in Devon’s waters including our on tter stuar and te e stuar.

The DEFRA website states “ ”

n st a icael ove te nvironment ecretar announced tat ne arine onservation ones ad een created in te sout est including ot te tter and te e. e nelprotected areas ranging from tudland a near ournemout to te oodin ands off te eal coast in ent ill cover s miles s m of marine aitat eigt times te sie of reater ondon ringing te total numer of marine protected areas around te ritis coastline to . e epansion of te UK’s ‘Blue Belt’ ill elp to safeguard precious and diverse sealife and ensure te longterm good ealt of te marine environment.

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Meet at the Sidmouth Arms, Upottery (OS 115 ST 203 076) to catch the 10.14am No 387 bus to Churchinford, arriving 10.29am. Start at Churchinford, (OS 128 ST 213 126), 9 miles “Otter Source to Mouth Stage 1 – Churchinford to Upottery” From Churchinford we walk along a lane and through fields to Otterford, crossing the infant River Otter (the source is a mile or so further north, on private land). We then walk into Otterhead Estate past the lakes, and through unspoilt farmland and quiet lanes and tracks, along the Otter Valley to Upottery. The Sidmouth Arms should be open for post-walk refreshments. Please bring a picnic. It would be helpful if you would let us know you are coming on the walk. We will then try to arrange car-sharing/lifts to Upottery so we don't take up too much room in the pub car park. In any case, please check the OVA website in case the bus time changes! Walk Leaders: Penny and Paul Kurowski 01395 742942; [email protected]

Wednesday, 17th July - 10.00am - WALK Start Sidbury S S 3 m ascet miles hours. “Steep and Deep in the Sid Valley” This walk starts ad eds o some of the highest sectios of the ast evo Way promisig good views o a clear day. We begi with a wader through the pretty village of Sidbury followed by a gradual climb up to White ross overlookig the tter alley. The we go alog the ridge to ire eaco ill ad dow past urscombe arm to Sidford. fairly steep ascet to the top of uckto ill is followed by a decidedly steep descet back ito Sidbury hopefully i time for a welleared drik i the ed io. rig a picic luch. Walk eader o oseway 3 3 32

Monday, 22nd July - 10.15am - WALK Meet at Heathpark, Honiton (park at Homebase, please use lower section of car park so as not to affect trade), (OS115 ST 149 000) to catch the 9.56am No 387 bus to Upottery, arriving 10.14am. Start at Sidmouth Arms, Upottery (OS 115 ST 203 076) 9 miles 21

“Otter Source to Mouth Stage 2– Upottery to Weston” From Upottery we follow the road to Rawridge, cross the River Otter then walk along the hillside above the river, skirting Dumpsdon Hill and visiting small hamlets before finally arriving at Weston where we hope the Otter Inn, beside the River Otter, will be open for refreshments. It is then less than a mile back to our cars. Please bring a picnic. It would be helpful if you let us know you are coming on the walk. We will then try to arrange car-sharing/lifts to Honiton so we don't take up too much room in the Homebase car park. In any case, please check the OVA website in case the bus time changes! Walk Leaders: Penny and Paul Kurowski 01395 742942; [email protected]

Tuesday, 30th July - 10.00am - WALK eet: ewton Poppleford Rec P O 115 0 99 at 09.15am to share cars or meet at the start point. “Walk around Uplyme” tart: Uplyme village hall overflow P, 2 donation to the village hall 323 934, 5 miles, 2 hours he walk takes in the ast Devon Way, ill Lane, Rhode Hill, Hodder orner, arswell ottom, arswell Farm, leisurely but some hills. Walk Leader: arole teen, 01392 731

Thursday, 1st August - 10.00am - WALK - miles tart from ast udleigh Hayes Lane P O 115, 0 4 5 miles, 2 hours “Raleigh Country” Walking on minor roads, rough tracks and footpaths, woods and heaths, some hills, two stiles to climb. Hayes Wood and hortwood ommon, including Raleigh’s birthplace and optional lunch at the ir Walter Raleigh at the end. Reasonable fitness and stout footwear needed no age limits, providing you can do the distance dogs only if on short leads not wheelchair suitable. o booking reuired, but I may need to alert the pub at the start if there is a large number for lunch. Walk Leader: Haylor Lass, 01395 57

Wednesday, th August - 10.00am - WALK - miles tart: Four Firs P O 115, 032 4, miles, 3 hours Resere and Reseroir From Four Firs we walk past the everchanging gravel pits to Fryingpans, then alongside Hayes Wood to hortwood ommon. Return via Dalditch, uabmoor

Reservoir, and Devon Wildlife rusts ystock ature Reserve. A moderate walk with two coffee stops part way round so bring a flask. Walk Leader: Ross Hussey, 01395 227991

Saturday, 10 August - 10.20 am - WALK - 11 miles eet at idmouth Road bus stop in Honiton roundabout near esco O115 153 99 at 10.20 ready to walk about a mile to reoin where we left off tage 2 near Weston ross. For most people, getting the 9.27 o 9 bus from ewton Poppleford which arrives at Honiton at 10.17 should work. otal distance, including walking to Weston is about 11 miles and will take about hours, including stops. “Otter Source to Mouth Stage 3– Weston (Honiton) to Newton Poppleford” From Weston we will take a rather noisy route along the old A30 before heading along uieter footpaths to Ottery t ary. We are thereafter never far from the river as we go through ipton and Harpford and finally reach ewton Poppleford. Although there will be an opportunity to pop into Ottery to buy refreshments, and there is the odd pub close to the route, we suggest you bring a picnic. Please check the OVA website in case the bus time or meeting point changes! Walk Leaders: Penny and Paul Kurowski 01395 742942; email pandp@kurowski.

Wednesday, 1th August - 10.30am - WALK - . miles eet at the green by the udleigh alterton Public Hall for 10.30am start. uses from mouth and idmouth directions arrive about 10.15am, free parking by the green to the right of the hall. “Budleigh to Clamour Bridge and Down the Rier” We walk to the clamour bridge via the old railway track and footpaths then down the river to the sea, looking out for the kingfisher by the White ridge. aybe a coffee or ice cream at the ast nd kiosk before walking back along the seafront. o hills or stiles but paths may be muddy in the event of rain. Walk Leader: rian annon 01395 443502

riday, 1th August - 10.0am - WALK - miles eet at mouth rain tation at 10.15am. Outward via train, dep. 10.23am, arr. ewcourt 10.39am. Weekday buses dep. udleigh alterton 9.54am, arr. 10.10am mouth, plenty of time to get to the station and to use bus passes. We suggest that if you don’t have a railcard, you travel in groups of 3+ to take advantage of a “Groupsave” train ticket buy a return from mouth to Digby and owton. “A walk from the train” tart at ewcourt rain tation O 192, 91 903, 10.40am, miles, 2 hours plus lunch. he walk leaders will meet the train at ewcourt station. : no 23 parking at ecourt and the igy + for the hospital is no closed to the pulic and is only for staff alk fro ecourt station over the lyst iver ridge to the village of lyst t ary hen through farlands and fields to the village of oton ith its interesting church and thatched village hall and continue through the grounds of the medieval Bishop’s Court Palace. After an optional pub lunch, a gentle half hour or so takes us to igy and oton station for the train ack to outh his is an opportunity to eplore in detail places e usually see fleeting fro the car or train he going is easy ith only gentle clis t ay e uddy in places if it has een et alk eaders oseary avid atch, 3

Wednesda st August am WA miles tart olaton aleigh hurch , iles, 3 hours “Keble’s Seat” iverside, orthoston, steady cli to eles eat fine vies, utters oor, returning don assford ane long the ay, e ill find out aout ohn ele, a ictorian poet and divine, after ho ele ollege, ford is naed alk leader rian urnull, 3 33

uesda th August 3am WA 3 miles tart oadside parking at ystock ishponds , 3 3 3 iles, hours “A beautiful bimble beyond the back of Bystock” gentle stroll around this less freuented corner of ast udleigh oon, taking in open coon, ied oodlands and a little slice of farland ou ay ish to ring a snack to enoy hen e finish eside the delightful pond at ystock alk eader hris Gooding 3 33

Saturday, 31 August - 9.50 am - WALK - 6 miles Start at Newton Poppleford Rec Ground CP (OS 115 ST 088 899). We anticipate people travelling there by bus, as the walk finishes in Budleigh Salterton. Those using the 157 bus, catch the 9.23am from the Public Hall in Budleigh Salterton or the 9.10am from Sidmouth. “Otter Source to Mouth Stage 4 – Newton Poppleford to Budleigh Salterton” From Newton Poppleford we follow paths familiar to many, closely following the River Otter all the way to its mouth at Budleigh Salterton. As it is a Saturday in August there should be plenty of places open to buy a celebratory ice cream and or lunch. We will have bus timetables available for those who need to get the

24 bus home or to Newton Poppleford. Please check the OVA website nearer the time in case the bus time changes! Walk Leaders: Penny and Paul Kurowski 01395 742942; [email protected]

Wednesday 4th September - 10.30am - WALK - 3.5 miles tart utters oor P O 115 109 73 3 miles 2 hours “Top to Bottom and back again” A aried walk beginning with an easy stroll along the eastern flanks of utters oor affording glorious iews of idmouth and the coastline beyond before descending to ulerton ottom where we turn back towards and through the leafy suburbs of the town. On reaching the seafront we turn west to climb back up to Peak ill and the start pausing freuently to gae back at the iews!! alk leader hris ooding 07523043101395 25707

uesday 10th September - 10.30am - WALK - 4 miles tart hite ridge O 115 07230 4 miles 2 hours “Brandy Head classic” A walk that many people know but a classic nonetheless. e walk north along the old roadway before turning towards the sea up ollier ane. On reaching the sea at rab edge we begin our return southwards pausing at the old lookout at randy ead for a snack before continuing along the gorgeous coast path to Otter ead and back to our transport. alk leader hris ooding 07523043101395 25707

Monday, 16th September - 11.00am “Otterton Heritage Walk” A heritage walk around the historic illage of Otterton looking at the deelopment of the settlement since aon times. A gentle stroll taking about 1 hours stopping to admire the wealth of historic buildings and isiting the hurch and the old ill. alk eader ee oods 01395 522

hursday, 19th September - 10.00am - WALK - 5.5 or miles tart Venford eseroir north side P O 2 713 5.5 or miles 34 hours. “Darting up the Valley - Marching across the Moor” or carsharing we will meet at Newton Poppleford ec round P O 115 0 99 at 9.00am. his walk combines the delights of the wooded upper art Valley with a trek across open moorland. he first section takes us along the rim of the art Valley and down into the hamlet of ombestone before ascending to 25 the or of the same name and up onto olne oor. racking back to Venford reseroir for a picnic lunch ends the shorter walk. Part two comprises a loop through the mystical rain forest deep in the art Valley oerlooking el and harrah pools then returning ia ench or. alk eader on oseway 01395 4739 077 9320

Thursday th eptember am WK miles eet at Newton Poppleford ec round P O 115 0 99 at .45am to share cars or meet at the start point. tart P in olyton olphin treet O 11 24 940 at 9.30am. 7 miles 4 hours including a picnic followed by an optional guided walking tour of olyton starting at 2pm from the town car park in olphin treet. he tour lasts appro. an hour cost 3 per person. “Crookham Cross & Downhayne Brake” e walk along the rier oly then head for Purlbridge arm rookham ross and ownhayne rake oad. here is one long uphill gradient and it could be muddy in places. e can stop for afternoon refreshments after the town isit. alk eader eather ereday 01395 44790744 27312

aturday th October am W miles tart angdon ill P P; O 11 413 931 2152 ft of ascent 5 hours. urrent charge ree ith T car “Two for the Price of One” he walk starts with a short climb to the top of olden ap descends to eatown before ascending along the coast path to horncombe eacon. he route then heads inland dropping to ymondsbury before climbing Colmer’s Hill and back through hideock to angdon ill. Please bring a picnic. Please email eather ereday on [email protected] by 3rd October if you intend to oin this walk. alk eader Viien nsull 01404 1127

Wednesday th October am – W miles o accommodate the shortening days and the shortage of suitable tide times the twice cancelled eised empler ay tage 2 walk has been split into two parts; this walk is the first part the second is from Newton Abbot own uay to eignmouth along the eign stuary on ednesday 1th October. “Revised Templer Way Stage 2 Part 1”

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day 2st ter am W miles ee eo oleor e ro m o sre rs or mee e sr oi “astles ills ad atmal lr alg te River Teign” r Csle roo C m miles ors l oe emersi rs ill e reire or ree ri esrie s ers e mos mos l o rmoor is l ees e sl roe o e i Cror Csle ol ro e or e sr or l Csle roo ere e ollo e mos Hers i ormi ies ross rmoor o e ei ore elo e e ese o ile rie for a coffee break. It’s then a short stroll lo e rier eore ei io Hore oos see lim o e o o Cror Csle or l er miri e ie ross o Csle roo e ese o e rier ei l losie e rier miri e m olors e e lim o Csle roo or e es lese ri e l l eer ell re

Satrday 2t ter am W miles ee oor ille Hll C o re “Walk around Woodbury” oe Coles rm smoor oo re o oor ol Corse Hosroo rm Colls rm o e eisrel miles l eer Crole ee

Wedesday t ter am W miles r Cr C ior ors “The Two Ridges Way” rom ior e ollo e o roo s ole Hose oie limi rll o s ello o e oes ome rm e oo e irs rie Hrome Hill er rossi e eeome lle e oi e s eo rerse or seo rie ro le lio ese o Hill o e sr ri e l Walk Leader: o ose

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Mariner’ was read out eore we headed downhill hay that we had done all the uhill arts o the wal

e waled down to the ancient axway arm and ane then across the ields towards iaton e stoed in a eautiul woodland arden ull o aulous Manolias camellias and early lossom trees and listened to an arided ersion o ula han hen down towards the ier tter where we stoed at the ‘Pixies Parlour’ and the ‘on o the Pixies’ was read out adly as it was noontide we did not see any ixies aout oon we were in ttery and called in at ‘he olunteer’ or some welcome rereshments hilst waitin or the ood to arrie ain handed each tale a short ut tricy ui aout oleride osemary Hatch’s tale roed to e the most erudite

ully rereshed we riely isited the loely Parish hurch eore headin ac towards the ier tter assin the umlin eir and Mills under renoation with additional newly uilt housin ill this add to the loodin rolems e were interested to see the extensie tree lantin in the water meadows and enoyed the stroll ac to iton t ohn nortunately the rain that had threatened us all day started to all on the last le ut we were almost ac weary ut content ater more than ten miles hat an enoyale and aried wal so many thans to ain re

Dee Woods

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ien the oor weather orecast a surrisin numer o us met u in the Pare car ar or a wal around the outsirts o artmoor he mornin was airly dry as we waled out alon the ier oey throuh oey racey with iews o the hills o artmoor e climed u into hator oods where it was delihtul walin throuh ery reen mossy woods with a liht scent in the air rom the ery irst lueells aearin we een sotted a ew early urle orchids einnin to lower t seeral oints the hator ocs were isile eein throuh hal oscured y tree ranches e waled across hills and throuh woods to eentually clim down into the icturesue illae o ustleih or lunch

y this time howeer the rain had set in ortunately the church orch is ery lon and we manaed to shelter there munchin our sandwiches e waled ac throuh Hisley oods alonside the rier and the icturesue Hisley ride riht

t was still rainin as we headed u onto the old railway trac ac to Pare and the welcome tearoom t was a loely day out with a reat ariety o scenery than you iien or oranisin such an enoyale wal

Stella French

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he title o this wal miht hae ut some eole o ut unortunately the utterlies were scarce and ortunately the horselies een scarcer he lueells howeer were still aundant and there was lenty o ariety e ared near the ernworthy dam walin alonside it and then climed u to hornworthy or or a coee rea and a loo at the slendid iews hen on to haord common and a circuit ac to the dam where we stoed or lunch and too hotos o the lueells

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e oted or the extra extension ater lunch which too us out on the oen Moor and throuh ernworthy orest rom this oint we also had a ood iew o the ernworthy ssycome stone row let

loely day or a wal and than you on or showin us a new area

Heather Fereday

he wal started in ourin rain with a lon steady clim rom ehamton tation to ehamton am

he sun emered and we came out on to the oen moor admirin an old granite Cross at Fice’s Well let ccordin to leend this mars the site o an old srin where youn eole came at aster to discoer whether they would e married in the comin year

rom the hillto there were sectacular iews o es or and Hiher illhays

escending to te alle e ere son te reains and soil eas o a t centr coer ine net to te strea e edaen roo let it its little ateralls and ools as so attractie tat e decided to sto tere or lnc t ere rdel interrted anoter ea soer o rain

nards to an old arr ere granlite as arried ro te late s to te s to anactre glass onsite We olloed a loel grass at toards and nderneat te iressie iadct ic once carried te ain train line to lot and Cornall e last art o te al as along te West eon Wa into eaton traersing te gol corse and trog oods into ton it good ies o te oran castle rins loel stroll trog ions ar rogt s ac to te station and a elcoe tea in te lator ca is as a stnning al taing in oorland ringe scener ies o te ig oors and glise o an old indstrial landscae an o tella

Rosemary Hatch

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esite te torrential earl orning rain eigt o s oined al and Fran ie at sr or at roed to e a onderl al

We olloed te ast eon Wa ro sr and ten contined steel to te Castle te rain gradall eased and e ere rearded arreacing ies ro te to is ron ge ill ort coands ies across to oerset and orset and o corse onderl ast eon ten ot to sea ast ot and te ite cal clis o eer ead 33

al is a geograer and a ine o inoration aot te area We cold clearl see te areas o osing o eaton Colord and Colton – it onl a e green ields searating te – a searation local eole are een to aintain We cold st sot Colton crc a rare “lantern church” which had a lantern in the tower to gide in te sis ro ot in ties en te e as ore naigale tan it is no

Fro sr Castle e contined or circlar rote along iet lanes ignoring te atl naed dlelae ane ast ars and trog ields o cattle Fortiied coee and laacs e decided not to tae te sort otion t to ee to te lanned iles We ere rearded it ore glorios ies and as e aled trog an etensie ar area eore e reoined te ast eon Wa and a er stee cli ac to te Castle e ie to eaton ad no cleared en it as don to sr ere lnces aaited asing to eno te ans o gloriosl scented roses near te crc te ies and te loel oses

real treat o a al een in te rain – e agreed e sold retrn on a clear snn da soetie

Penny Kurowski

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he area o the ower tter alle i coered a networ o ootath otl waared and in ood condition eer hae coiled thee wal each with clear direction and illutrated with a etch a he rane ro ile ea wal to a ore eneretic iler here are note on lace o interet to whet our aetite or urther eloration ro udleih alterton ourit noration entre r iit wwwoaoru

he alo ulih a nuer o lealet aout the hitor lora auna and walin in the lower tter alle he can uuall e ound in the ourit noration entre and in other outlet around the alle