{"id":"69847977533dbb4b73118c4f","title":"Walk 1 Lambourn Downs","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2012/volume-1-jul-to-sep-2012/walk-1-lambourn-downs","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 1 - Lambourn Downs\n\nOur first walk was on 15th July 2012 and was a bit quiet. We had just five people on it. This was partly due to lack of publicity. Our website stopped working the day before the walk! I had a couple of phone calls from people wanting to go to the walk but unable to see the details, so I was able to tell them where to meet up. Also we weren't yet on the Group-Finder or Walk-Finder pages of the Ramblers website.\n\nAnyway, the walk went well and the weather was a mixture of sun and cloud, but it didn't rain! The paths were not as muddy as we'd expected, considering the amount of rainfall in the preceding weeks, but some were a bit overgrown.\n\n![Walking down White Shute, near Lambourn](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/lambourn_path.jpg)\n\nThe walk took us along the Lambourn Way and then up onto the undulating Eastbury Down and gallops. We stopped off for a pleasant drink at a pub at Eastbury  and then returned through farmland, stopping again for a late picnic lunch. See the route on Google Maps.\n\n![Eastbury Down, near Lambourn](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/lambourn_downs.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 1\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 1 - Lambourn Downs</h1>\n<p>Our first walk was on 15th July 2012 and was a bit quiet. We had just five people on it. This was partly due to lack of publicity. Our website stopped working the day before the walk! I had a couple of phone calls from people wanting to go to the walk but unable to see the details, so I was able to tell them where to meet up. Also we weren&#39;t yet on the Group-Finder or Walk-Finder pages of the Ramblers website.</p>\n<p>Anyway, the walk went well and the weather was a mixture of sun and cloud, but it didn&#39;t rain! The paths were not as muddy as we&#39;d expected, considering the amount of rainfall in the preceding weeks, but some were a bit overgrown.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/lambourn_path.jpg\" alt=\"Walking down White Shute, near Lambourn\"></p>\n<p>The walk took us along the Lambourn Way and then up onto the undulating Eastbury Down and gallops. We stopped off for a pleasant drink at a pub at Eastbury  and then returned through farmland, stopping again for a late picnic lunch. See the route on Google Maps.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume1/images/lambourn_downs.jpg\" alt=\"Eastbury Down, near Lambourn\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 1</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}