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		Joe surveys his customers for his annual pilgrimage from Hill . .
		And we set off down the road in an unruly bunch . .
		Soon organising ourselves into a more orderly column . .
		Pausing for a break when we reach the Severn . .
		Then making our way along its grassy banks . .
		Spotting an aid to navigation . .
		A short wait for stragglers . .
		Gives us chance to look across the river . .
		Stretching upstream to Sharpness . .
		And down to the estuary . .
		We gather outside the Nuclear Power Station . .
		Stopping to examine the old mill - powered originally by trapping tidal waters . .
		Then head towards Berkeley . .
		Passing this proud mother and baby . .
Can spring be far away? . .
Lunch is taken on Ham village green . .
And our afternoon walk begins . .
Through a muddy gateway . .
And into the deer park . .
Following the avenue of oak trees . .
We pause to get together and proceed quietly . .
To see the deer . .
Plenty of them . .
Finally climbing out over a deer proof stile . .
Our path takes us down into the valley . .
Then up to the haunted house - at least Joe says it is . .
	And he stops to show us where we are . .
	As we look out over the farm buildings towards the distant Cotswolds . .
	We turn our back on the spooky house, thankful to be past it . .
	Bernard stops to fix on a way mark to help future ramblers to make their escape . .
	One look back . .
	Then a final stile takes us on to a muddy track which takes us back to the cars . .
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	Photos and captions from Richard and a few from Mike . .
	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.