🥾 Walk 550 - Windsor Great Park

After an Autumn with temperatures well above the seasonal average, Winter has started with a vengeance by being a lot colder than usual for this time of year. We had a week of freezing temperatures and on Sunday 11th December, the day of Kathy and Ann's walk, the temperature stayed below zero throughout the day.

Five walkers, including the two leaders, braved the sub-zero temperatures at Windsor Great Park. This was originally going to be a nine mile walk, but given the weather conditions, the group decided to shorten the walk to approximately five miles.

During the pre-walk, it was discovered that the car parks and parking areas around the Great Park are now charging a significant amount for parking. We also discovered that one of the routes we wanted to take on Queen Anne’s drive was closed. As a result, we chose a new starting point on Ridgemead Road where there was free parking available in the residential area, and where we could access our route from Bishopsgate.

We made our way to the Bishopsgate entrance where we picked up our original route and made our way past Cookes Hill and Spring Hill on our right, and Snow Hill on our left. We crossed over the Three Castles Path, making our way to Richardson’s Lawn. The wide paths were quite slippery and we had to take care to avoid the ice. It was extremely foggy, so the views were very limited today.

We left the Three Castles Path and headed to Cumberland Lodge, making our way to Savill Gardens where we stopped for lunch and coffee. Leaving Savill Gardens we headed back to Bishopsgate and back to where we had parked.

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

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