southcotswoldramblers.org.uk Cotswold Canals Walk No 8 Marston Meysey to Lechlade Saturday 7 August 2010 Walk No 7

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		Marston Meysey church on a Saturday morning - all is quiet - Ramblers a bit thin on the floor .
		Enterprising villagers trying to scrape a living .
		I feel a right nanna in this lot ..
		Bernard leads his small group towards Kempsford .
		Where the old canal pub has now closed .
		But where there are other reminders of the past .
		Seen hanging from a tree - any ideas? .
		It's an on and off day with the waterproofs .
		As we continue across fields .
		To Lechlade .
		A short walk down the high street .
		Before our only climb of the day past the renovated toll house .
		Up and over the bridge over the Thames .
		Something wrong? Bernard seems to be going in the opposite direction to the rest of us .
		Storm clouds still looming on the horizon .
		As we sit and eat our lunch looking back at the bridge .
		While our feathered friends wait for leftovers .
		We continue along the river .
		Banks lined with boats .
		Messing about on the river - or more correctly the canal as we reach the start of the canal .
		Pausing to look at the old round house .
		And for John and Bernard to pose for the camera as the only two to have completed all eight walks .
		We now follow the Thames Path .
		Past Inglesham Church .
		And a nice crop of onions .
		A Thames Path which is nowhere near the river but follows fields .
		Until Kempsford Church comes into view .
		And occasional glimpses of the river .
		More road walking .
Till we reach Castle Eaton .
Crossing back over the Thames .
Wide but shallow here .
Then back across fields to Marston Meysey .
Pictures and words from Richard

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