{"id":"6984794a533dbb4b73118895","title":"Walk 387 Finchampstead And Moor Green Lakes","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2019/volume-28-apr-to-jun-2019/walk-387-finchampstead-and-moor-green-lakes","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 387 - Finchampstead and Moor Green Lakes\n\nOn Wednesday evening 26th June, the weather was rather cloudy and windy, which contradicted the forecast of sunshine all evening. Four of us met up by the green near The Queens Oak for a 4-mile mid-week evening walk.\n\nWe set off heading west from St James church along a lane that became a footpath, which curved south past Rectory Farm. We passed a field of lavender, set out neat rectangular plots. Further south, we passed through part of Fleet Hill before arriving at the Moor Green Lakes nature reserve. As there were only four of us today, we were able to see much more wildlife than usual.\n\nOur leader, Denise, does a lot of volunteer work for various wildlife conservation groups and is very knowledgeable, so we were treated to some expert identification of the various birds and creatures we heard and saw along the way.\n\n![Plots of lavender in a field near Rectory Farm.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume28/images/lavender_field.jpg)\n\nLeaving the nature reserve along Lower Sandhurst Road, we passed a farm with poly-tunnels full of strawberries. A delicious strawberry-scented breezed wafted over us as we passed by.\n\nAs we approached St James church along a wooded footpath, we could hear bell-ringers going full tilt. They stopped by the time we reached the church, so we weren't deafened as we walked through the grounds. See our route on Google Maps. After the walk, we stopped off for a drink at the Queens Oak pub.\n\n![An island in Moor Green Lakes.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume28/images/moor_green_lake_island.jpg)\n\n*Thank you to Denise for leading the walk.*\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 28\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"<h1>🥾 Walk 387 - Finchampstead and Moor Green Lakes</h1>\n<p>On Wednesday evening 26th June, the weather was rather cloudy and windy, which contradicted the forecast of sunshine all evening. Four of us met up by the green near The Queens Oak for a 4-mile mid-week evening walk.</p>\n<p>We set off heading west from St James church along a lane that became a footpath, which curved south past Rectory Farm. We passed a field of lavender, set out neat rectangular plots. Further south, we passed through part of Fleet Hill before arriving at the Moor Green Lakes nature reserve. As there were only four of us today, we were able to see much more wildlife than usual.</p>\n<p>Our leader, Denise, does a lot of volunteer work for various wildlife conservation groups and is very knowledgeable, so we were treated to some expert identification of the various birds and creatures we heard and saw along the way.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume28/images/lavender_field.jpg\" alt=\"Plots of lavender in a field near Rectory Farm.\"></p>\n<p>Leaving the nature reserve along Lower Sandhurst Road, we passed a farm with poly-tunnels full of strawberries. A delicious strawberry-scented breezed wafted over us as we passed by.</p>\n<p>As we approached St James church along a wooded footpath, we could hear bell-ringers going full tilt. They stopped by the time we reached the church, so we weren&#39;t deafened as we walked through the grounds. See our route on Google Maps. After the walk, we stopped off for a drink at the Queens Oak pub.</p>\n<p><img src=\"https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume28/images/moor_green_lake_island.jpg\" alt=\"An island in Moor Green Lakes.\"></p>\n<p><em>Thank you to Denise for leading the walk.</em></p>\n<h2>📸 Back to Volume 28</h2>\n<p>Return to volume index</p>\n"}