🥾 Walk 366 - Virginia Water and Coworth Park

There were fifteen of us on the walk on Sunday 27th January, a mixture of BWW, LVR and new walkers. Several arrived by train, which was good.

The weather seemed to go through all the seasons, from sunshine and cloud to brief rain showers and hail. It was of course cold and windy, as predicted, though no-one seemed deterred.

We made our way from Ascot, via roads and light woods, to Sunninghill then had a stop at St Michael’s church to admire the hollow yew tree, said to be over 1,000 years old.

The Church Path then led us aside Silwood Park, emerging on to a long road that we walked, fringing Windsor Great Park. We entered Blacknest Gate to Virginia Water and noted the lake to be very muddy and water levels high, maybe from the heavy overnight rain?

Shortly after, we crossed into Coworth Park and our lunch spot. A lucky escape as on reaching it, it began to rain and hail, but we found the picnic tables conveniently and suitably covered by a gazebo! Perhaps they knew we were coming?

After lunch, the path becomes a bridleway through woods and was here we met our first mud of the day. Safely through, we the reached the main London Road and soon crossed into Wentworth estate. Here we admired the many palatial properties and wound our way around the fairways of the golf course.

Leaving the estate through some woodland led us to more properties to be admired. Then on via small linked footpaths, past smaller Victorian houses with their own character before arriving on the main A30 in Sunningdale. Here, the end of our walk, and perfectly timed for our return train.

Thank you to Kathy and Ann for leading the walk, writing it up and providing the photos.

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