It was a pleasant Thursday evening when seven of us met up at Ecchinswell for a 4½ mile walk along the footpaths and lanes around Ecchinswell and Sydmonton. Starting from the village hall car park, we followed a footpath westward, past the playing fields and through woodlands, emerging onto a quiet lane.
We followed the lane southward into Sydmonton, passing Laundry Cottages before turning east toward Watership Farm. Passing a new and unusually styled house (made by a German company according to Lawrence) we found ourselves heading back into Ecchinswell, having only done 2½ miles!
But we were soon heading back out into the countryside on the other side of the village. Passing through fields of wheat and fields of barley, we took a circular route through Southwood Copse, Northwood Copse, Kisby's Farm and Malthouse Farm before arriving back in Ecchinswell.
The walk finished at The Royal Oak, where we stopped for a post-walk drink and met up with a couple of other members of the group. See our route on Google Maps. I have led many walks around this area, but Mike and Alison's walk passed along some paths I'd never been on before (as well as some I knew well).
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