{"id":"69847967533dbb4b73118aef","title":"Walk 104 Waltham St Lawrence In The Evening","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2014/volume-8-apr-to-jun-2014/walk-104-waltham-st-lawrence-in-the-evening","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 104 - Waltham St Lawrence in the Evening\n\nOn Thursday evening, 29th May, Ian led our first evening walk of the year, which was attended by fourteen people and a dog. After gathering in the little green outside St Lawrence church and the Bell pub, we set off promptly at 6:45pm to make the most of the remaining daylight.\n\nWith the sun breaking through the clouds, we followed Halls Lane off to the north-east of the church and then left the road for a footpath through a wheat field that took us to a bridge over the railway. This looked rather new and must have replaced the old bridge quite recently.\n\nAfter crossing it we continued heading north-east through a field of oilseed rape, which had finished flowering and was now going to seed. There were a number of Flanders Poppies flowering along the edge of the field.\n\n![Walking from Waltham St Lawrence to Cold Harbour.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume8/images/waltham_st_lawrence.jpg)\n\nOur route joined Bottle Lane, where we took an abrupt turn to the south. We walked along this quiet lane, which crossed the railway and became Butchers Lane. This took us into White Waltham, where we stopped by the cricket pitch to let everyone catch up and to take a swig of water before continuing the walk.\n\nFrom there we took a footpath heading west into Shottesbrooke Park, which looked splendid in the evening light, with its pond and 14th century church.\n\nContinuing westward on rather muddy footpaths through fields and woods, we made our way back to Waltham St Lawrence. Crossing Halls Lane we headed south-west through more fields and woods, emerging onto The Street. This we followed, heading north straight back to where we had started, outside the Bell pub. See our route on Bing Maps.\n\n![The pond in Shottesbrooke Park.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume8/images/shottesbrooke_park_pond.jpg)\n\nThe pub was open so we went in for a post-walk drink. Sitting in the beer garden we chatted away as the light faded. We finished our drinks and said our goodbyes just as the rain started to fall. We'd timed it just right as the rain got quite heavy as we departed from Waltham St Lawrence.\n\n![The church of John the Baptist in Shottesbrooke Park.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume8/images/shottesbrooke_park_church.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 8\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"

🥾 Walk 104 - Waltham St Lawrence in the Evening

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On Thursday evening, 29th May, Ian led our first evening walk of the year, which was attended by fourteen people and a dog. After gathering in the little green outside St Lawrence church and the Bell pub, we set off promptly at 6:45pm to make the most of the remaining daylight.

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With the sun breaking through the clouds, we followed Halls Lane off to the north-east of the church and then left the road for a footpath through a wheat field that took us to a bridge over the railway. This looked rather new and must have replaced the old bridge quite recently.

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After crossing it we continued heading north-east through a field of oilseed rape, which had finished flowering and was now going to seed. There were a number of Flanders Poppies flowering along the edge of the field.

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Our route joined Bottle Lane, where we took an abrupt turn to the south. We walked along this quiet lane, which crossed the railway and became Butchers Lane. This took us into White Waltham, where we stopped by the cricket pitch to let everyone catch up and to take a swig of water before continuing the walk.

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From there we took a footpath heading west into Shottesbrooke Park, which looked splendid in the evening light, with its pond and 14th century church.

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Continuing westward on rather muddy footpaths through fields and woods, we made our way back to Waltham St Lawrence. Crossing Halls Lane we headed south-west through more fields and woods, emerging onto The Street. This we followed, heading north straight back to where we had started, outside the Bell pub. See our route on Bing Maps.

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The pub was open so we went in for a post-walk drink. Sitting in the beer garden we chatted away as the light faded. We finished our drinks and said our goodbyes just as the rain started to fall. We'd timed it just right as the rain got quite heavy as we departed from Waltham St Lawrence.

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