Home page > Walks photos < Walks programme Message Board Guest Book About group walks Walks in the region Holidays photos News items How to join Contact us Footpath problems Local links Walking links Favourite Walks Books		southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Amberley, Dunkirk and Woodchester Sat 27 December 2008 .
		A good coating of frost on the road as Tim greets us at the reservoir on the Common . .
		And we head into Amberley . .
		Down through the woods . .
		Tim pauses at the bottom of Whipps Lane . .
		To explain that the name comes from hazel wood grown nearby . .
		We head on downhill with Dunkirk Manor behind us . .
		At the entrance to Dunkirk Mill Tim and Di recall the Days when their auntie lived in the house behind . .
		We carry on up the valley . .
		To Windsoredge . .
		Where we look across South Woodchester to Rodborough . .
		As we go down into the valley frost still lingers . .
		Then its up the other side . .
		Where Tim pauses to expound his rather dubious theory that the local catholic community results from the old Roman one . .
		We now drop down towards the priory . .
Its church still bathed in sunlight . .
We cross the busy A46 . .
And once again we go under the cycle track . .
Then follow it towards Stroud . .
Graffiti under a bridge . .
Coffee and a talk from Tim on the Railway . .
As we head back up the hill Tim holds down an electric wire . .
	We climb up towards Manor Woods . .
	Looking across to Rodborough Common . .
	With North Woodchester behind us . .
	We enter the woods . .
	And look back at our climb . .
	Eventually coming out onto the Common . .
	And heading up through Amberley . .
	To the cars . .
	Beats walking! . .
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	Photos and captions thanks to Richard . .
	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.