{"id":"69847960533dbb4b73118a5e","title":"Walk 166 Bucklebury Bradfield And Stanford Dingley","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2015/volume-12-apr-to-jun-2015/walk-166-bucklebury-bradfield-and-stanford-dingley","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 166 - Bucklebury, Bradfield and Stanford Dingley\n\nThirteen of us gathered in Bucklebury village for this picturesque walk through a variety of different landscapes including the Pang Valley. Although the weather was mostly overcast it was an ideal temperature for walking. We set off through Bucklebury Common before reaching the green at the small settlement of Chapel Row. Here there is a 17th century Inn now known rather strangely as the Bladebone Inn.\n\nWe continued on through farmland and lush woodland, passing alongside a golf course,  before arriving at the village of Bradfield – home to the public school Bradfield College. Our wander through the village coincided with the Bradfield Music Festival and we saw evidence of white marquees and school pupils directing visitors.\n\nWe soon reached the old part of the village by the school art department where we started to walk along the River Pang, with its crystal clear waters. After a relaxing lunch stop on the grassy riverbank we continued along the beautiful Pang valley, passing fields of daisies and red poppies.\n\n![Walking along a footpath by the River Pang.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume12/images/river_pang_footpath.jpg)\n\nStopping for drinks at the 15th century Bull Inn in Stanford Dingley, we were greeted by a crowing cockerel that was wandering around the beer garden. Outside the Inn we spotted an innovative use of a redundant telephone box – a community book and CD exchange.\n\nSuitably refreshed we continued on through fields of reclining cows, and further along spotted a field of sheep and cream and brown Alpacas. The last leg of the walk took us through Highwood Copse and Frilsham Common with Rhododendrons adding colour to the greenery along the way. Arriving back at Bucklebury, all agreed it had been a satisfying and enjoyable walk.\n\n![This old phone box has been re-used as a library.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume12/images/phone_box_library.jpg)\n\n*Thanks go to Sue for leading this walk and to Julia for writing it up.*\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 12\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 166 - Bucklebury, Bradfield and Stanford Dingley</h1>\n<p>Thirteen of us gathered in Bucklebury village for this picturesque walk through a variety of different landscapes including the Pang Valley. Although the weather was mostly overcast it was an ideal temperature for walking. We set off through Bucklebury Common before reaching the green at the small settlement of Chapel Row. Here there is a 17th century Inn now known rather strangely as the Bladebone Inn.</p>\n<p>We continued on through farmland and lush woodland, passing alongside a golf course,  before arriving at the village of Bradfield – home to the public school Bradfield College. Our wander through the village coincided with the Bradfield Music Festival and we saw evidence of white marquees and school pupils directing visitors.</p>\n<p>We soon reached the old part of the village by the school art department where we started to walk along the River Pang, with its crystal clear waters. After a relaxing lunch stop on the grassy riverbank we continued along the beautiful Pang valley, passing fields of daisies and red poppies.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume12/images/river_pang_footpath.jpg\" alt=\"Walking along a footpath by the River Pang.\"></p>\n<p>Stopping for drinks at the 15th century Bull Inn in Stanford Dingley, we were greeted by a crowing cockerel that was wandering around the beer garden. Outside the Inn we spotted an innovative use of a redundant telephone box – a community book and CD exchange.</p>\n<p>Suitably refreshed we continued on through fields of reclining cows, and further along spotted a field of sheep and cream and brown Alpacas. The last leg of the walk took us through Highwood Copse and Frilsham Common with Rhododendrons adding colour to the greenery along the way. Arriving back at Bucklebury, all agreed it had been a satisfying and enjoyable walk.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume12/images/phone_box_library.jpg\" alt=\"This old phone box has been re-used as a library.\"></p>\n<p><em>Thanks go to Sue for leading this walk and to Julia for writing it up.</em></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 12</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}