🥾 Walk 318 - Rotherwick and Newnham

On Sunday 18th February, eighteen of us (including some visitors from other groups and a few newcomers) met up in Rotherwick for a ten-mile walk. We set off by joining the Brenda Parker Way by the church and following it north-west, weaving between the River Loddon and the Lyde River, to Mill Farm.

Leaving the Brenda Parker Way, we looped around and began to follow the River Loddon southward through farmland. We left the Loddon for a footpath that crossed a rather flooded field and crossed the Lyde before entering the village of Newnham. Here we stopped for a picnic lunch on the green.

After lunch we left Newnham, following a footpath through Naishes Farm and Owen's Farm into the larger village of Hook. Here we followed a path around the north-west edge of the village before heading into the woods at Shirlen's Copse. Our route headed north, passing mostly through woodland, before re-joining the Brenda Parker Way at the fishing lake.

Leaving the Brenda Parker Way after about half a mile, we headed north-west through Street End Copse and into Rotherwick. Following footpaths and alleyways behind the houses, we emerged behind the Village Hall, a short distance from where we had started. See our route on Google Maps.

According to my GPS, we'd done about nine miles, although it felt like more due to the muddy and slippery paths we'd been on. We were able to change out of our muddy boots before paying a visit to The Coach & Horses pub for refreshment.

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