Five hardy walkers set off from the Church Rd allotments car park on
what was the hottest day of the year so far, with the temperature
reaching 29 dec.
Leaving the car park we made our way through the village, joining the
Sharpenhoe Rd, past the duck pond, before crossing the A6 at the
Swedish Cottages, continuing along the Chiltern Way, we then turned to
take the track to walk through Maulden Firs, where a water stop was
taken, before then joining with the Icknield Way.
Walking along the golf club boundary, today’s excitement was provided by a number of horses & riders coming towards us.
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| Geoff, Torunn, Tony R & Neil |
We continued along the parish boundary foot pat, until yet again we had
to cross the A6, where more excitement was provided for us, when a car
stopped to let us cross and was nearly hit up the back end by an
impatient truck driver.
Once safely across we made our way up to the Keech Hospice,
where a well earned coffee break was taken in the cooling shade &
gentle breeze.
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| Geoff, Torunn, Tony R & Tony P at the Keech |
On our way once again, our trail led us on to our old friend the John
Bunyan trail that was leading us towards Streatley Bury, coming out at
the village pond.
Turning left we followed the tracks & alleyways leading us towards the church, where we joined with the Sundon Rd
Crossing over we joined the Sharpenhoe Rd to walk through the village towards the Clappers.
Turning right we entered the fields to walk towards Smithcombe Valley and views of Barton le Clay
Once again on the Icknield Way walking along Smithcombe Hill, around
Watergutter Hole & Cow Hole, yet more excitement came our way when
we came across a very wet & muddy patch of the track, as lead I was
first to tackle this only for my shoe to get stuck in the thick mud,
with my foot landing straight into the thick mud, thanks to Neil who
retrieved my shoe for me, but making an uncomfortable walk back.
Fighting our way through the long grass for the whole of this
section, we eventually made it back to the car park for the end of what
was a pleasant walk on a very hot day. - Tony P
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