{"id":"69847962533dbb4b73118a86","title":"Walk 149 Hungerford Bagshot And Templeton","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2015/volume-11-jan-to-mar-2015/walk-149-hungerford-bagshot-and-templeton","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 149 - Hungerford, Bagshot and Templeton\n\nSaturday 14th March saw 24 of us (including several newcomers) gather on a cold but dry day in Hungerford for an 11 mile walk.\n\nThe walk started off from the station, joining the towpath on the Kennet & Avon canal and following it through Hungerford and out to the west. We continued along the towpath, passing several locks, passing under a railway bridge until we reached a road bridge near Froxfield. Here we left the canal and headed off through fields and woodland toward Bagshot.\n\nWe stopped for lunch in woodland by Kiln Copse, finding a fallen tree to use as a bench. While we were eating lunch, an odd thing happened. A dead squirrel fell from the top of a tree and hit the forest floor with quite a thud, launching a cloud of dried leaves.\n\n![Leaving Hungerford on the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume11/images/hungerford_canal.jpg)\n\nAfter lunch, we continued through woodland on our way eastwards to Balsdon Farm. Along the way we saw a couple of white donkeys who eyed us with curiosity. One of our group had some raw carrots left over from lunch, which made an enjoyable snack for the donkeys.\n\nFrom there we went north, through Templeton and then through open fields to Hungerford Port Down before diverting onto the canal towpath again, which we followed back to Hungerford station where we'd started. See our route on Bing Maps.\n\nAfter the walk, some of us stayed on to explore the tea shops and pubs of Hungerford before going home.\n\n![Feeding the donkeys on a farm somewhere near Templeton.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume11/images/donkeys.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 11\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 149 - Hungerford, Bagshot and Templeton</h1>\n<p>Saturday 14th March saw 24 of us (including several newcomers) gather on a cold but dry day in Hungerford for an 11 mile walk.</p>\n<p>The walk started off from the station, joining the towpath on the Kennet &amp; Avon canal and following it through Hungerford and out to the west. We continued along the towpath, passing several locks, passing under a railway bridge until we reached a road bridge near Froxfield. Here we left the canal and headed off through fields and woodland toward Bagshot.</p>\n<p>We stopped for lunch in woodland by Kiln Copse, finding a fallen tree to use as a bench. While we were eating lunch, an odd thing happened. A dead squirrel fell from the top of a tree and hit the forest floor with quite a thud, launching a cloud of dried leaves.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume11/images/hungerford_canal.jpg\" alt=\"Leaving Hungerford on the towpath of the Kennet and Avon Canal.\"></p>\n<p>After lunch, we continued through woodland on our way eastwards to Balsdon Farm. Along the way we saw a couple of white donkeys who eyed us with curiosity. One of our group had some raw carrots left over from lunch, which made an enjoyable snack for the donkeys.</p>\n<p>From there we went north, through Templeton and then through open fields to Hungerford Port Down before diverting onto the canal towpath again, which we followed back to Hungerford station where we&#39;d started. See our route on Bing Maps.</p>\n<p>After the walk, some of us stayed on to explore the tea shops and pubs of Hungerford before going home.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume11/images/donkeys.jpg\" alt=\"Feeding the donkeys on a farm somewhere near Templeton.\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 11</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}