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southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Around the Dursley hills 24 November 2007 . |
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| The
long stay car park in Dursley marks the start of Bernard's figure of
eight walk on a gloomy day. . |
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| And
we set off through suburban Dursley passing this sight - could we take
it with us as a porta-loo? .. |
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| Before
heading over fields round the valley . |
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| Pausing
to remove some rather dangerous barbed wire . |
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| Then
a chance for some in depth discussion . |
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| Before
an experience with some dense undergrowth . |
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| Followed
by a pause to clean boots and wait for backmarkers to catch up . |
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| A
sign in front of a row of cottages - must be a web site on it somewhere . |
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| Our
path takes us over this seriously high bridge . |
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| And
round some man made ponds . |
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| Before
we climb Cam Long Down . |
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| With
views behind us across the valley . |
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| And
from the top over the Severn . |
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| We
pause on Cam Peak . |
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| Before
heading down the steep side . |
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| Into
Dursley . |
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| Where
we take lunch before we leave for the afternoon walk, waved on our way
by those leaving the walk . |
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| We
look back at Dursley as we climb Stinchcombe Hill . |
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| Pausing
at Breakheart Quarry . |
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| Where
we see signs of the old British Nuclear Fuels establishment . |
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| And
we come out at the top of the hill . |
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| Before
walking down into Waterly Bottom . |
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| And
what do we do when we have done a long steep downhill plod? We walk back
up again . |
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| And with light fading we head back into Dursley | |||
| Photos and captions from Richard | |||
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| As you can see, we thoroughly enjoy getting to know the South Cotswolds. We try to keep fit and succeed in having a good old chat. If you are interested in coming with us, see our walks programme and ring the leader if you have any questions about a particular walk. After two or three walks we hope you will then want to join the group as part of the national Ramblers' Association. | |||