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The sun is shining. Alex is waxing lyrical about mud. We are ready to go
Past Stonehouse village green
Through the Park Estate. I moved into that house at the age of nine
Stonehouse Football club
And across the railway
Field very waterlogged. Must be an amphibious horse
Old farmhouse
New estate
If it's not mud it's water
Stream running high
Plenty of machinery to get the job done
At least they have marked out the line of the footpath
Then comes more mud and water
Requiring careful footwork
Spring on the way
Whose got the longest beard?
Past a small pond
As we head towards Standish Church
I've got my eye on you lot
An impressive entrance
Coffee in the Church entrance
Setting off we look at the tombstones
More flowers
A short road walk
Then we follow a footpath with a waymark indicating a railway coming up
Which we cross
At the start of the junction of the Bristol and Swindon lines
We now follow a stream - the Arle
Our path crossing a damaged stile
Then the infamous water pipeline
A thatched cottage
With a sheep dip in the garden
Views now across to Vinegar Hill
And up the valley to Haresfield Woods
Another road walk
Haresfield Beacon off to our left
And ducks with their own muddy pond to our right
Beyond the farm we have more views of the Beacon
The Severn in the distance
And now splendid views of the incinerator
Now following a wide track in Standish woods
Eventually pausing for lunch
Now heading downhill
I didn't fall. Just having a rest
And a chance to look over Stonehouse and beyond
Guard dog
Over the pipeline again
Heading down into Stonehouse
Past the station
And the station master's garden and back to the cars
Photos and captions by Richard, uploaded by Sally