St Alkmund's Church, Whitchurch.
High Street, Whitchurch.
The Joyce clock in the centre of Whitchurch.
Crossing the suspension bridge over the railway.
Time for a rest in the centre of Ash Magna.
The Shropshire Hills on the skyline above the corn.
Brown Moss Nature Reserve.
The view from our lunch spot - the picnic bench at Brown Moss N.R.
Following my leader - not really, just heading for the drinking troughs next to the field exit gate.
A typical black and white timber fronted property on Dodington, Witchurch.
Alms Houses on Dodington, Whitchurch.
Walk stats: Distance: 7.3 miles. Climb: 377'.
Time: 3 hours 45 minutes. On the move walking average: 2.5 m..h. Ocerall walk average: 1.9 m.p.h.
Group: Martyn, David S., Wendy and Celia.
This was the first time for several months that Celia has felt able to walk with the group, hopefully she will soon be able to join the group on a more regular basis.
We knew that the weather today was going to be pretty warm, with the prospect of a cool breeze. This was exactly what we experienced, although it did get a little hotter than we anticipate,so we were quite grateful that we had completed the walk by 14-00.
We set off from the Jubilee Park Car Park towards the centre of Whitchurch, the official start of the walk. The walk started near St. Alkmund's Church down High Street, so we were able to enjoy walking through this picturesque market town.
So far we haven't been able to complete any of the Whitchurch Walks without a hitch, today wasn't going to change anything, as once more we lost a path and ended up going round a field edge to link in with another path that got us back on track.
After leaving Ash Magna we went through two fields occupied by horses, some quite large, all of which decided that they wanted to get up close, too close for some of us!
This isn't a particularly exciting walk, but we did get glimpses of the Shropshire Hills as we descended towards Brown Moss Nature Reserve.
Thankfully the one picnic bench at Brown Moss NR was vacant as we arrived there at mid-day,so we were able to enjoy lunch in the shade, but still with views through the trees to the lake.
After lunch we only had a couple of field paths to cross before hitting the tarmac all te way back to town. On the last of these fields cattle decided to come and investigate the invaders of their territory or so we thought. In fact they too must have been thirsty and were just heading to their drinking trough which happened to be on route to footpath exit gate on to the road.
The walk finished by passing through more interesting street in Whitchurch before returning to the car through the Jubilee Park where it was good to see lots of young people enjoying themselves outside.
Birds seen or heard today included: Common blackbird, Barn swallow, Wood nuthatch, Mallard, Coot, Moorhen, Common buzzard, House sparrow and Woodpigeon.
We arrived back at the car, thankful that the walk hadn't been too challenging and we could head for refreshments, which today was s the Edgerton Arms at Broxton. Locally produced Weetwood best bitter was the beer of choice, but others sampled fruit cider and lager.
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