On Saturday 12th January, thirteen of us (plus a dog) met up in the West Berkshire Brewery car park near Yattendon for an easy 4½ mile walk, to be (optionally) followed by lunch at the brewery's Taproom & Kitchen. (The leader had booked a table for us.)
Setting off from the brewery's car park, we walked through the village of Yattendon, leaving it on a footpath by the church. This took us north-east, through woodland and fields, in the general direction of Ashampstead.
After stopping for a water-break near Cassy Fields Farm, we turned east to join a track called Pinfold Lane, which we followed southward, through Greenaway's Copse, Lye Wood and Gravelpit Copse, to Burnt Hill.
We walked along a quiet lane through the hamlet of Burnt Hill, passing a tiny Methodist Chapel about the size of a single garage. The sound of the M4 motorway gradually became more noticeable as we followed the lane through Tanner's Copse.
Then we took a footpath that ran parallel to the motorway for a short while before heading through Frilsham Park and emerging in the grounds of the West Berkshire Brewery! See our route on Google Maps.
A few of the group said there goodbyes and left, while the rest of us went into the Taproom & Kitchen for a drink and some lunch. What a splendid way to combine a walk and a social event.
Thank you to Mike and Alison for leading the walk and organising the drink and meal.
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