Gwen is our leader today
And we set off through fields
Into Ernest Cook Trust land
We stop for coffee with some shelter and are joined by dogs and dog-walkers
The field of bullocks Gwen had warned us about
Who follow us all the way to the gate
Cattle Country. This will be the centre of the maze when these crops grow taller, we're told
There are pony rides
And deer
Cattle Country - or Castle Country?
Camera goes away because of the rain until we get to Berkeley Church where we eat lunch in the porch
And look inside
The effigies of Thomas III, 8th Lord Berkeley and his second wife, Katherine
Gwen takes us out to the churchyard where Ray has sown these amazing wildflowers
Back through Berkeley, the Mariners Arms still for sale
Good name
Through a housing development
They are good with names around here
They are excavating the old Berkeley Railway Station
Here's the layout
And this is what it looked like
We pass more wildflowers as we walk across the fields back to Brookend.
Photos, captions and uploading by Sally