Oakridge village green
Backmarker does a crash course in map reading
Dave getting ready to go
And we head off downhill
Through a small copse where the natives fortunately are friendly
Back into the open
Pressing on down into the valley
And over a stream
Uphill on a wide track
Round a fallen tree
Passing beneath an isolated house
Into woods and once more heading downhill
The sun shines through the trees
Reaching the bottom of the hill we spot this sign
Part of the water meadow referred to Bakers Mil at the end
Swan on the mill pond
Continuing along the canal
Looking up the valley
Wild geraniums
Still on the canal
Whitehall Bridge
Now up into Siccaridge Wood
Some sort of campanula
On through the woods
Till we arrive at the Daneway
Across Daneway Banks - more thistles
Is this thyme?
Spread out along the valley
Daneway Banks seat
Another valley
Our path taking us through grassy meadows
More wild flowers
A pause in Far Oakridge
Then back across the fields
To Oakridge
Past the village smithy back to the cars
Photos and captions by Richard, uploaded by Sally