{"id":"69847955533dbb4b7311897b","title":"Walk 278 Wokingham Wednesday","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2017/volume-20-apr-to-jun-2017/walk-278-wokingham-wednesday","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 278 - Wokingham Wednesday\n\nOn Wednesday evening 31st May, six of us did the walk that had been planned for the Wednesday two weeks earlier, but had not gone ahead due to the heavy rain. This evening was pleasantly warm and dry as we set off from Wokingham railway station, along Wellington Road and Finchampstead Road, before leaving the busy roads for a quiet footpath at Emm Brook.\n\nAfter passing Chapel Green Farm, we joined a byway that ran parallel to the railway line, taking us down to Gorrick Cottage. Here we left the byway for a footpath heading into the Gorrick Plantation. This well-made path led us through tall conifers as it curved round and finally exited at Gardeners Green Farm.\n\n![Walking through the Gorrick Plantation.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/gorrick_plantation.jpg)\n\nFollowing a footpath through Gardeners Green Farm, Birchin Inhams Farm and Gray's Farm, we passed a complex of poly-tunnels. These contained all sorts of fruiting plants, including strawberries and grapes. The footpath continued past Ludgrove School, Chapel Green and into the outskirts of Wokingham.\n\nWe passed by Langborough Recreation Ground and through Howard Palmer Gardens on our way into the centre of Wokingham. See our route on Google Maps. The walk now finished, half of the group left to go home while the rest of us went on for a drink at the Broadstreet Tavern. We sat in their garden as it was still light.\n\n![Poly-tunnels at Gray's Farm.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/grays_farm.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 20\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 278 - Wokingham Wednesday</h1>\n<p>On Wednesday evening 31st May, six of us did the walk that had been planned for the Wednesday two weeks earlier, but had not gone ahead due to the heavy rain. This evening was pleasantly warm and dry as we set off from Wokingham railway station, along Wellington Road and Finchampstead Road, before leaving the busy roads for a quiet footpath at Emm Brook.</p>\n<p>After passing Chapel Green Farm, we joined a byway that ran parallel to the railway line, taking us down to Gorrick Cottage. Here we left the byway for a footpath heading into the Gorrick Plantation. This well-made path led us through tall conifers as it curved round and finally exited at Gardeners Green Farm.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/gorrick_plantation.jpg\" alt=\"Walking through the Gorrick Plantation.\"></p>\n<p>Following a footpath through Gardeners Green Farm, Birchin Inhams Farm and Gray&#39;s Farm, we passed a complex of poly-tunnels. These contained all sorts of fruiting plants, including strawberries and grapes. The footpath continued past Ludgrove School, Chapel Green and into the outskirts of Wokingham.</p>\n<p>We passed by Langborough Recreation Ground and through Howard Palmer Gardens on our way into the centre of Wokingham. See our route on Google Maps. The walk now finished, half of the group left to go home while the rest of us went on for a drink at the Broadstreet Tavern. We sat in their garden as it was still light.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/grays_farm.jpg\" alt=\"Poly-tunnels at Gray&#39;s Farm.\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 20</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}