{"id":"69847954533dbb4b7311896c","title":"Walk 284 Ecchinswell And Sydmonton","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2017/volume-20-apr-to-jun-2017/walk-284-ecchinswell-and-sydmonton","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 284 - Ecchinswell and Sydmonton\n\nIt 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.\n\nWe 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!\n\n![On the border of Ecchinswell and Sydmonton.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/sydmonton.jpg)\n\nBut 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.\n\nThe 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).\n\n![Heading back into Ecchinswell!](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/ecchinswell_sign.jpg)\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 20\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 284 - Ecchinswell and Sydmonton</h1>\n<p>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.</p>\n<p>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!</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/sydmonton.jpg\" alt=\"On the border of Ecchinswell and Sydmonton.\"></p>\n<p>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&#39;s Farm and Malthouse Farm before arriving back in Ecchinswell.</p>\n<p>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&#39;s walk passed along some paths I&#39;d never been on before (as well as some I knew well).</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume20/images/ecchinswell_sign.jpg\" alt=\"Heading back into Ecchinswell!\"></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 20</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}