Health Walk - Thursday 26th March

Photos by Michael - Please click on pictures to see a larger one

Only seven again today.   Carmel, David H, Linda E, Jacqueline, Michael, Sandy and Sue.  David was persuaded to lead.  The weather was better than anticipated!

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He led us, brow beaten by Jacqueline, down towards the Stone Bridge.  Photo 2 - The site of the new visitors centre.

At the Stone Bridge we walked along the Cycle Track, valley, to the junction near the Wooden Bridge where Carmel insisted on accompanying Sue on the short walk - green route on map, which they decided was back along the Cycle Track.  The rest of us walked into Gavel Hole Wood

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coming up over the bridge and into Dog Kennel Wood.

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Down to the Lake and round the Lake. Two Canada Geese paddling on the edge of the dam.

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Sue and Carmel having walked round the Lake on their way to the Stone Bridge

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No Cormorants today?  No Heron, no Grebes and no Gulls, just the Mallards and Canada Geese.  There were probably Moorhens and Coots.

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Two of the Mallards and a group of three

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Is this a mating pair?

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We walked down to the Picnic area where Jacqueline spotted two clumps of primroses.  David, Jacqueline, Sandy and Linda E are laughing at my attempts to photograph the flowers.

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The Ford and looking downstream from the Stone Bridge.  As we crossed the Stone bridge we could see Carmel and Sue at the top of Snake Hill.  

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We agreed to walk up towards Cock Cabin Wood but at the top of the rise we decided to walk back down the Unnamed Wood

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and up Snake hill passing the children under instruction in the Pinetum and back to the Barn where Carmel and Sue had set the table and were waiting for us.

Today's walks