southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Cotswold Canals Walk No 4 Frampton Mansell to Tunnel House Inn Saturday 28 November 2009 Walk No 3 / Walk No 5

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		A few moments of quiet contemplation before Bernard leads us out of the village hall car park .
		And out through Frampton Mansell .
		Past the church ..
		Into the valley .
		Pausing at the bottom .
		Where we join the canal .
		Whoops - nearly took the wrong path! .
		I am assured they are spindleberries .
		Streams are running high with all the rain .
		And here it's more water than meadows! .
		We continue along the canal .
		Past the steep sided locks .
		To the Daneway .
		Where Bernard talks about the canal .
		Before we return to the towpath .
		What's this then? Another Banksie in the making? .
		No, just Bernard marking a rather dangerous low hanging branch .
		We eventually reach the Daneway Portal .
		And head up the hill .
		To Sapperton .
		Where we stop in the churchyard for coffee .
		Now everytime I hit someone over the head with my shillelagh I hammer a nail in it! : > ) .
		Our route follows roughly the underground canal tunnel .
		To Hailey Wood .
		Where we pass the old tunnel shafts .
		And Patrick stops to explain their construction and use .
		More woodland tracks .
		Take us under the railway .
		To a waterlogged track which leads to the Tunnel House .
		We just finish lunch to do a bit of train spotting - Pacific A4 class Bittern .
Before following the path .
Through the woods .
More difficult walking .
But eventually coming out into the fields and past Cranhill Barn .
Over more fields .
And back across the A419 to Frampton Mansell .
Photos and captions from Richard

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