🥾 Walk 538 - Peasemore and Chadleworth

On Sunday 25th September, I was fortunate to catch a lift from the walk leaders, so many thanks to Mike and Alison. As we headed towards Peasemore we were considering the possibility that we would be the only walkers, such was the traffic problems that occurred over the weekend due to work on various roads. We were therefor pleased to see a number of cars pull up just after our arrival. Our group consisted on nine walkers in total, largely BWW, but with a few trying us out.

We headed off down Hillgreen Lane and up past The Fox at Peasemore. We were going to have a drink there at the cessation of the walk but it is closed for two weeks for renovations. We then ventured past the impressive cricket ground towards Brightwalton Holt and onwards to Chaddleworth where we stopped for tea and coffee at the Ibex Inn.

We then continued our walk towards Leckhampstead before stopping for lunch at a location that presented us with sweeping views of the Wayfarer's Walk in the distance. Try as we did we could not spot the Combe Gibbet but did spot the huge wind turbine that is on the outskirts of Faccombe.

After lunch we moved on to Leckhampstead and managed to get Mike to stop at the impressive Saint James Church. Despite its relative youth, built in 1859, it is truly a marvel to behold and well worth a visit.

We then continued our walk along a few gentle undulations before returning to Peasemore where some of us visited Saint Barnabus, an 18th century church built on the remains of a Norman church. Once again this was an impressive building, especially considering the size of Peasemore.

All in all a lovely walk on a beautiful autumn day. Thanks for Mike and Alison for leading the walk.

Thank you to Mike and Alison for leading the walk and Ian for writing it up.

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