As your Special Events organiser had requested someone to lead a walk to Steppingley & no one replied your Chairman stepped in & volunteered to lead a short 2 mile walk from Eversholt Rd lay-by to Steppingley Church.
It was a bright & sunny morning but sadly there were only 3 walkers including your Chairman. We set off at 10 am taking the footpath through Poorshills Wood & Town Mead crossing the M1 via a substantial concrete bridge. On exiting the wood we met a lady removing the front numberplate from her VW car so that she could take photos prior to putting the car on sale. We crossed the road & entered Flitwick Plantation on a rising track past the natural gas transfer station. On exiting this wood we followed a footpath past Park Farm where we turned left to walk along a well surfaced farm track. After a couple of sharp bends we climbed a few steps &went through a gate into a sheep field. We left this field through another gate to join Eversholt Rd which we crossed. This latter path enabled us to avoid the nasty narrow road entering Steppingley which we had used once before. We walked past the French Horn pub, with several stalls selling Christmassy items, & then along Church Rd to the church. The church was set up with a long counter serving nibbles & cake, including gluten-free cake which Anna sampled. Other club members were then starting to arrive having gone directly to the church & without doing the walk. We went outside to witness a display of Morris dancing. Later they moved inside the church with several of our members joining them for a dance. By this time about a dozen TRC members had arrived directly at the church.
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| The Morris dancing with several TRC members |
At 1 pm we were treated to a selection of carols & other Christmas songs by Eversholt Choir.
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| The choir with Wendy & son, Mark, in the foreground |
Soon afterwards we left the church & as they were so few walkers we got lifts back to the walk start.
A very enjoyable day, well attended at the church, but sadly a very few number of walkers.
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| Track of route 2.1 miles |
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