On Wednesday evening 13th April, ten of us (including two newcomers and a member of the BWs) joined Sue for a short evening walk. We started from the green between the Queen's Oak pub and St James' Church, Finchampstead, and made our way past the Manor House and across Rectory Farm.
The path led us through fields and woodland, past Banister's Farm, and onto the B3348 Fleet Hill. After a very short bit of road walking we turned off into Fleet Lane, which became just a track after passing Fleet Hill Farm.
This track is also the Blackwater Valley Path, which we followed only for a short while as it passed Fleet Copse. Then we left it for a footpath leading north toward Finchampstead village. Skirting the village and crossing the B3348 again, we headed back toward Rectory Farm.
From there we took a footpath up to St James' Church and through the churchyard back to the green. See our route on Bing Maps.
Most of us stopped for a post-walk drink at the Queen's Oak pub, where we sat in the beer garden until the rain started.
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