The first evening walk this year was on Tuesday 12th May. Ian led ten of us (nine regulars and a visitor from a neighbouring group) for a five mile walk, starting at 6:45pm from Spencers Wood. It had been a lovely sunny day while we were at work, so this was an excellent opportunity to enjoy what remained of it before sunset.
We set off from Spencers Wood, heading west and then south, through fields and woodland, until we were parallel to the A33 from Reading to Basingstoke. We turned off at Loddon Court and (after a brief stop for a photo on King's Bridge) followed the course of the River Loddon as far as Sheepbridge Court Farm.
Leaving the river, we passed through open fields where one of our members declared that she could just see her house in Spencers Wood. Soon we were at another farm where there were half a dozen llamas in a field. They took some interest in us as we passed, but didn't get too close.
Back in the village we made our way through a mixture of minor roads and a field, back to where we'd started, just as the sun was setting. See our route on Bing Maps.
A few of us stopped off at a nearby pub for a drink before heading home. The sky was still a twilight blue as we left at 9:30pm.
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