🥾 Walk 656 - Midgham Meander

On Saturday 31st August, fourteen of us headed steeply uphill from Woolhampton towards Douai Abbey. Happily West Berkshire Council had done a splendid job of clearing the footpath which had previously been overgrown. Our route took through woods and across fields towards Chapel Row.

Thanks go to one of the group for putting this leader back on the right route after she headed rather too enthusiastically off in the wrong direction! That "only" happened twice - not bad considering the recce was two months ago.

After crossing a field of maize, we headed for Bucklebury Farm Park - where we were fortunate to see tiny horses, donkeys, goats, Herdwick sheep and some very cute alpacas. As there was a good view at the top of the hill, we stopped there for our lunch.

Several of the group had secateurs at the ready to cut a route through the swing gates and there were plenty of blackberries to collect too.

The Cottage Inn made a very welcome early afternoon break with time to socialise, and we admired the classic cars as they headed off from the field behind the pub.

Some wider views, and a couple more hills felt easier after that- as we headed back to the station. See our route on Google Maps. A few of us decided to stay on at the Rowbarge pub after the walk - making the most of the last day of summer.

We missed a couple of folk due to problems on the Wokingham train line. So sorry you weren't able to make it this week, and hope to see you soon.

Thanks go to Ruth for leading this walk and for writing it up.

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