The next walk is being organised by Maggie and Tony and will take place on Friday 3 May 2019. It will start at the car park at The Inn at Freshford. The post code for your Sat Nav is: BA2 7WG. We’ll meet at 9.15am for a 9.30am start.
Walk organisers : Maggie Horrill, Tony Matthews
Maggie and Tony have provided the following information about the walk:
- Freshford is 14 miles from Timsbury and takes about 30 minutes.
- There is parking at The Inn at Freshford. The Landlady has asked if we could car share, where possible, it would be appreciated.
- The walk is 5.7 miles passing places of interest, walking through country lanes, across fields, through part of the Frome Valley, along river banks with a stretch along the Avon and Kennet Canal.
- The first time we did the walk it was muddy in places, but only on a scale of 3 based on Phil and Judy’s Mud Assessment Scale.
- There are a few, not quite flat, uppity bits and one fairly steep uppity bit lasting about 5 minutes, but you can stop to look back at the view and admire the grass banks which were full of bluebells, primroses, stitchwort and wild garlic when we last did the walk. There is one downhill stretch leading to the canal. (Check the route profile in FRESHFORD CIRCULAR MAY 2019 ROUTE INFORMATION.jpg)
- There are 12 stiles, two of which are very low, so easy, and one pipe stile which can be avoided by using the adjacent latch gate.
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