{"id":32806,"date":"2020-03-07T17:53:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-07T17:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/?page_id=32806"},"modified":"2020-03-11T16:59:42","modified_gmt":"2020-03-11T16:59:42","slug":"minchinhampton-walk-saturday-7-march-2020","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/minchinhampton-walk-saturday-7-march-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Minchinhampton walk &#8211; Saturday 7 March 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>\n\t\tMinchinhampton walk &#8211; Saturday 7 March 2020\n\t<\/h3>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/eastcombe-walk-wednesday-4-march-2020\/\">Previous<\/a><\/p>\n\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/leighterton-walk-wednesday-11-march-2020\/\">Next<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\tAll\n\t\t\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6473.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6473.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe gather on Minchinhampton Common for Jenny&#8217;s walk\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6475.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6475.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThen walk across the common, passing Alfie, the donkey, and his horses\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6477.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6477.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tHeading towards Box, with Olivia back marking\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6478.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6478.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOn a gate\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6479.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6479.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSigns of Spring\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6481.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6481.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThis area looks recently cleared\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6482.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6482.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe&#8217;re looking down on the Weighbridge Inn\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6484.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6484.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd stop opposite it for coffee\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6487.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6487.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThere&#8217;s a torrent pouring out of Hazel Wood\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6489.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6489.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur first circle\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6491.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6491.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDescending into Avening there are hellebores\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6492.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6492.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd an interesting door\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6493.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6493.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPossibly Tibetan?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6494.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6494.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd an ingenious way of inserting the letter box\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6495.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6495.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe walk on a little used lane, which has a better surface than most of Gloucestershire&#8217;s roads &#8211; who lives here?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6496.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6496.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA frog footman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6498.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6498.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLawrence holds back the curious cattle\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6499.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6499.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWho continue to follow him\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6500.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6500.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd watch us over the stile until we&#8217;re out of sight\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6501.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6501.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA lovely old tree\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6502.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6502.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd The Roundabout\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6503.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6503.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOur second circle. I can imagine a bear on a motorbike doing this!\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6504.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6504.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe descend to Nag&#8217;s Head. Note our smiling chairman in the middle who rarely get the opportunity to pose\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6505.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6505.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnother donkey\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6506.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6506.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe stop for lunch at the church in Cherington where the first Concord pilot is buried\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6507.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6507.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLeaving Cherington Church\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6508.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6508.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tA glider overhead\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6510.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6510.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWe follow the path above Cherington ponds\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6511.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6511.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAvening in the distance\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6513.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6513.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd are watched by Princess Anne&#8217;s White Parks\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6514.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6514.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAnd her Highland cattle\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6516.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6516.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAs we descend to Bubblewell\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6517.jpg\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.southcotswoldramblers.org.uk\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/IMG_6517.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPast the house and uphill to Minch.\n\t<p>Photos, captions and uploading by Sally<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minchinhampton walk &#8211; 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