Patrick tells us about the walk he and Angela are taking us on
He shows a diagram of the 2 ascents and descents. (There were a few ribald comments!) Lunch is in the middle..
Soudley Ponds look lovely in the sunlight
Trees changing colour. Patrick tells us there is a railway line down there somewhere.
Evidence of wild boar
A steep descent down a grassy slope
What is this plant?
Perdita is almost lost in it.
A different Swiss Cottage (and it didn't look very Swiss either)
Dave borrows my camera to go with Patrick and look at interesting railway stuff
Somewhere in this undergrowth
While the rest of us have coffee.
A house that looks more as if it should be in Holland
A train passes by
Patrick points out that this is an unusual railway bridge
Skewed
Bullo Pill
Two contented pigs
A view of the Severn
Newnham church on the horizon
Patrick tells us about a tunnel that was built under the river here in Victorian times. Read more about it below
A large anchor
And a buoy
At our lunch stop
We make the promised second ascent
With lovely views of the bends in the river
We enter woods
And can see Arlingham Passage and its access road across the river from this viewpoint nor far from the cars.
Photos (apart from 3 by Dave) and captions, processing and uploading by Sally
To find out more about the failed Severn Tunnel look here