southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Painswick short and medium walks Saturday 13 March 2010

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		An amazing blue sky for our two walks from Painswick (photo John C) .
		Olivia outlines her plans for the day .
		We set off behind the church ..
		John and Neal find an interesting subject ... .
		Mike taking stock (photo from John) .
		A level grassy path .
		Leads us through a squeeze stile .
		And down Stepping Stones Lane .
		What have they seen? .
		Who are they, Mummy? (John C) .
		Neal has a good shot too .
		And here's Mike's effort .
		Reflections .
		We contemplate .
		The old mill race .
		In the dazzling spring sun (John C) .
		Uphill past Sheephouse .
		Hard work .
		Laying the hedge .
		We continue up .
		And up Juniper Hill .
		Views to Pitchcombe Church (middle left) and Edge Common (top right) .
		Up a bit more .
		Three posers .
		And we have our Banana stop in the Slad Valley .
		John's photo of his view of the walk as backmarker .
		Down the other side .
Towards Painswick again .
Snowdrops nearly over .
Is she named Wendy, we wonder? .
Another Mill .
Jill tells us a little .
About the history of Quakers .
And we ajourn for lunch .
After lunch 9 of the 14 continue to convert our short morning walk of 4.5 miles into a medium all day one of 9 miles .
Leaving the village this sign reminds me of a cartoon in the Farmer''s Guardian of 2004 .
However, we do cross the land, and are led beside the stream .
To Olivers .
Then it's really up .
A pause for a pat .
Or two .
In the woods we are spotted by a couple of deer .
Seeing the cows sunbathing we decide to stop and do the same for a few minutes .
Then the cows get curious and watch us in the sun! .
We approach Paradise .
Mike spots the first wild daffodil in the woods .
A rather impressive new wall .
We pause to admire Gyde House .
Before returning to the cars
Photos and captions from Mike unless otherwise stated

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