# 🥾 Walk 509 - Crazies Hill, Hurley and Culham

Sunday 10th April: On what turned out to be a glorious April day, thirteen walkers attended our walk including BWW regulars a potential new member and visitors from neighbouring groups. We set off from Crazies Hill through paths alongside a farm with chickens and Alpacas before reaching Cockpole Green.

We then picked up the Chiltern Way heading through more farmland at Upper Culham and Middle Culham before arriving at Remenham Hill.  Stopping for a drink break we all admired the sweeping views of the estate at Culham House and the different herds of deer. The white deer were particularly striking this day!

Continuing through the estate we soon arrived at the Thames Path near Lower Culham Farm where we saw some wonderfully cute lambs that were nestled in the grass with their mothers. On the river we noticed how the Canada Geese were honking loudly and seemed quite insistent for some reason!

![Walking through Culham Deer Park.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume40/images/culham_deer_park.jpg)

Soon we reached Frogmill and noticed some of the interesting riverside dwellings and their gardens as well as impressive views up towards Danesfield House Hotel. Heading along a little further we settled on some convenient riverside benches for our lunch before pressing on towards Hurley lock and turning down into the picturesque Hurley village.

Some went to explore the church whilst the rest of the group popped into the village shop for ice creams! What a perfect addition on such a lovely day.

After this we continued along Shepherds Lane back towards Frogmill Farm before heading along the path where the Hurley Chalk Pit nature reserve is situated (the site of beautiful rare orchids later on in the year)  and saw primroses and signs of delicate cowslips coming into flower.

![Walking down to the Thames Path from Culham House.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume40/images/culham_thames_path.jpg)

Turning up towards Juddmont Farms (stud farm) with its immaculate and extensive grass fields we saw some handsome thoroughbred horses who came to greet us. Then, before long we were back at Crazies Hill and said our goodbyes, all agreeing on what an enjoyable walk we had shared. See our route on Google Maps.

![Lambs at Lower Culham Farm.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume40/images/culham_farm_lambs.jpg)

*Thank you to Julia from leading this walk and for for writing it up.*

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