Heart of England Group, Stratford-upon-Avon
Walking Group Photographs—11th January 2012
We walked along the Greenway at Strat- ford-upon-Avon. Weather was dry and fairly bright although we had expected conditions to be wetter.
We stopped at the picnic area at Milcote for a drink. Fortunately, we had all brought a drink as the Carriages were not open.
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Walking Group Photographs—14th March 2012
In February we walked around Stratford, but no photographs were taken. For the March walk, we met at Tesco in Warwick, where we had permission to park on their car park. 19 members were present and we had an enjoyable walk around Warwick, taking in the canal side, the River Avon, St Nicholas’s Park, Warwick Castle, the town centre, the Race Course, Hill Close Gardens, and back along the canal.
The photograph was taken in Mill Street near the entrance to The Mill Garden.
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Walking Group Photographs—13th June 2012
In June ten group members met at The National Trust Hidcote car park on a nice sunny dry day, such a change from the very wet conditions experienced recently. We walked over the hills by Ilmington to Foxcot House and back by a roughly circular route. Condi- tions were good except for some water puddles in places on the tracks.
Group members after a coffee break Group members by a deep pond on the Foxcot estate
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Walking Group Photographs—8th August 2012
Ten group members met in the village of Lighthorne, near Kineton, and went for a 6 mile walk around the countryside, returning to the parked cars in time for lunch. The weather was dry and conditions underfoot mostly firm and dry. The photographs were taken in the wood where we hoped to see some deer, but didn’t.
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Walking Group Photographs—12th September 2012
Thirteen group members met in the National Trust car park at Charlecote for a 6 mile walk around Hampton Lucy, Middle Hill Farm, Wellesbourne and along the River Dene back to Charlecote. The walk was enlivened by an incident when one of our party slipped from the path into a very deep ditch. Fortunately, we were able to extricate said person fairly quickly with only a damp bottom to show for it.
Group pictured about half way round walk.
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Walking Group Photographs—10th October 2012
Eleven group members met in Ettington village, near the church. They walked about 6 miles, mostly on hard paths or bridleways, with only short distances where the going was wet or muddy. After all the rain in September Val and Fred did well to find a route with- out too much mud. There was little sign of autumn shades in the trees and hedgerows, with blackberries and sloes still available to pick.
Group pictured outside church lychgate.
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Walking Group Photographs—14th November 2012
A good group of walkers met in Hampton Lucy for our monthly walk. The weather had been very wet and this was apparent in the wet and muddy nature of the paths in places. The day was dry for our walk, which was a blessing. We had a good walk with few Incidents, other than slippery slopes due to mud, and a stray dog, whose owner we even- tually came across.
Group pictured in a field at the midpoint of our walk..
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Walking Group Photographs—12th December 2012
A small group of walkers gathered for a pre-christmas walk in Wellesbourne for a 5 mile walk on hard surfaces around Wellesbourne and Walton Hall. Mince pies were consumed at the mid-walk break.
Group pictured in the grounds of Walton Hall.
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