{"id":"69847927533dbb4b731185e0","title":"Walk 673 Swinley Park And Swinley Forest","path":"walks/scrapbook/by-year/2024/volume-50-oct-to-dec-2024/walk-673-swinley-park-and-swinley-forest","contentMarkdown":"# 🥾 Walk 673 - Swinley Park and Swinley Forest\n\nOn Saturday 19th October, eleven of us (a mix of regulars and visitors, including several members of the Berkshire Walkers 20s & 30s group) set off from Martins Heron station on a footpath that followed the line eastward into Swinley Park.\n\nHaving had significant rain the previous day and overnight, the ground was quite wet in several places along the route. In fact, leaving Swinley Park proved quite challenging, as the path was under several inches of water!\n\n![Dealing with a flooded path in Swinley Park.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume50/images/bracknell-flooded-footpath.jpg)\n\nA short bit of road took us back into the woodland of Swinley Forest, near the Go Ape! outdoor activity centre. We could see people up above us, crossing from tree to tree along ropes and wires. They looked like maintenance staff, checking the ropes and fastenings.\n\nHeading along more muddy and/or waterlogged paths, we came to a pond with a suitably dry shoreline where we could sit down to eat our packed lunches while admiring the view.\n\n![Stopping for lunch by a lake in Swinley Forest.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume50/images/bracknell-lunch-by-the-lake.jpg)\n\nAfter lunch, we headed towards Bagshot Heath and then Lower Star Post before heading back to the outdoor centre and the Lookout Cafe, where we stopped for refreshments (and to make use of their facilities).\n\nAfter that, we headed back to Martins Heron, not following our outward route, but taking a more urban route via roads and alleyways. See our route on Google Maps.\n\n![Avoiding the puddles on a footpath through Swinley Forest.](https://www.berksww.org.uk/scrapbooks/volume50/images/bracknell-footpath-puddles.jpg)\n\n*Thanks go to Chris for leading this walk and Rob for the write-up.*\n\n## 📸 Back to Volume 50\n\nReturn to volume index","contentHtml":"

🥾 Walk 673 - Swinley Park and Swinley Forest

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On Saturday 19th October, eleven of us (a mix of regulars and visitors, including several members of the Berkshire Walkers 20s & 30s group) set off from Martins Heron station on a footpath that followed the line eastward into Swinley Park.

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Having had significant rain the previous day and overnight, the ground was quite wet in several places along the route. In fact, leaving Swinley Park proved quite challenging, as the path was under several inches of water!

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\"Dealing

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A short bit of road took us back into the woodland of Swinley Forest, near the Go Ape! outdoor activity centre. We could see people up above us, crossing from tree to tree along ropes and wires. They looked like maintenance staff, checking the ropes and fastenings.

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Heading along more muddy and/or waterlogged paths, we came to a pond with a suitably dry shoreline where we could sit down to eat our packed lunches while admiring the view.

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\"Stopping

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After lunch, we headed towards Bagshot Heath and then Lower Star Post before heading back to the outdoor centre and the Lookout Cafe, where we stopped for refreshments (and to make use of their facilities).

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After that, we headed back to Martins Heron, not following our outward route, but taking a more urban route via roads and alleyways. See our route on Google Maps.

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\"Avoiding

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Thanks go to Chris for leading this walk and Rob for the write-up.

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📸 Back to Volume 50

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Return to volume index

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