Sunday 19th June was a good day for walking, with a welcome break in the recent hot weather (which was over 30°C on Friday). Twenty-two people attending this joint walk with the Pang Valley Ramblers. We had quite a few Berkshire Weekend Walkers, some Loddon Valley Ramblers and a few East Berks Ramblers joining the PVRs for this seven mile walk around north Caversham, Crowsley Park and Chalkhouse Green.
George, our leader for this walk sensibly decided that with this size of group, we needed a back-marker to keep an eye on the tail end of the party. I volunteered for this job, which is why most of the photos have are taken from the back of the group. We started at the Clayfield Copse car park and headed north-east on well-established footpaths through fields and woodlands towards Littlestead Green.
Next, we headed northward towards Crowsley Park, crossing through wheat fields and other crops in Bishoplands Farm and Crowsley Park Farm. Crossing the open heathland of Crowsely Park itself, we could just see the large satellite receiving dishes of the BBC monitoring service.
We stopped for our picnic lunch on the Millennium Field on the edge of Sonning Common before heading south, through more wheat fields and pastures to Chalkhouse Green. We passed a few horses and a field of British White cattle with their calves. A breed of cattle we don't see that often on our walks.
Following a track called Chalkhousegreen Lane, we headed south-east and gradually uphill back to Cavesham. Weaving our way through a small housing estate and crossing some playing fields, we returned to the car park. See our route on Google Maps. An excellent walk enjoyed by a varied group of walkers.
Thank you to George of the Pang Valley Ramblers for leading this walk
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