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This walk
was billed as an after dinner walk out - see photo left, although only a
few diners turn up on this glorious winter morning. The others miss a
treat! |
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Jacky
introduces us to her friend up on Chalford Hill! |
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The sun is
extremely bright and low in the sky, and there is a cutting wind on the
hill tops, so we start off briskly. |
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A study in
concentration. |
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Down we go
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... towards
the canal ... |
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... which we
then follow all the way to the Daneway portal of the Sapperton tunnel
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... before
returning for a pleasant lunch at the Daneway Inn. |
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Lovely
winter sun through Siccaridge Wood. |
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Is Jacky
lost? A historic photo of Jacky consulting a map - the first time ever
we are led to believe! |
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It looks
serious! |
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No, all is
well. A good humoured wind-up after all. |
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We head
towards Oakridge Lynch and later France Lynch, debating the origin of
the word "lynch". Perhaps they strung someone up, but it seems
most likely that the lynch derives from its meaning as a cultivated
terrace following the contours of a hill - of which there are many in
the area. |
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Beautiful
afternoon light. |
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We call a
donkey across his paddock to see us, and Joe recites the poem below from
memory. We are suitably impressed, although some of us do not agree with
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The Donkey by G.K.Chesterton
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous head and sickening cry
And ears like errant wings,
The devil's walking parody
On all four-footed things.
The tattered outlaw of the earth,
Of ancient crooked will;
Starve, scourge, deride me: I am dumb,
I keep my secret still.
Fools! For I also had my hour;
One far fierce hour and sweet:
There was a shout about my ears,
And palms before my feet. |
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His mate
must already know this poem, and does not want to hear it yet again. |
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Last hill of
the day, as we look over the Golden Valley to Frampton Mansell. We are
all very grateful to Jacky, one of our team of volunteers leaders, for
another excellent trip out into the glorious Cotswold countryside.
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If you are
interested in trying out one of our walks, just turn up on the day, or
why not give the leader a ring to check its suitability for you.
See our latest programme here. |
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