We set off from the quarry car park on Rodborough Common for Richard and Di's walk
It's a glorious summer's day
Across the other side of the valley is the trench for the new water pipe
Need to duck in Manor Woods
Views to Woodchester
We head downhill to Little Britain Farm
A Longhorn
We make for the stile, unaware of what is lurking in the tree on our left
The Bull!
Safely out of that field, we continue towards the A46
From our coffee stop we can see the climb ahead of us
Past a chestnut tree
Uphill past a gate with no fence
There's another higher up
Looking back we can see where we started
And to Amberley
Over Selsey Common and heading towards the Austrian-style church
Another part of the water pipe trench clearly visible
We stop for lunch
In a field of buttercups
With views to the other side of the bypass
Downhill
And onto the canal
Under a road
A lot of sludge on the canal here
We stop to look at the cygnet
There are 4, but they won't stay together
Mike points out Lodgemore Bridge, especially designed for a tricky situation - see link below
This must be doing something useful below the retirement complex
A clematis by the Lock-keepers cafe
Along the canal
Looking down on Rodborough and Stroud
Then a wooded path back to the car park
Photos, captions and uploading by Sally