...visiting Chilton, Great Waldingfield and Little Waldingfield.
Here is Steve giving his introductory talk.
We had hardly got started, when we had an 'incident'. Someone's hat got blown off and over a fence into a garden. "Can I have my hat back, please?"
You can see from the waving grass that it was quite breezy.
At several points along the way we came across some blackberries that were ripe already.
The hot weather had taken its toll on the water levels in Horse Pond.
Part of our route led up the drive for, and past, the moated Chilton Hall.
We had a drinks stop at Chilton Church...
...and lunch at St. Lawrence's Great Waldingfield.
There are some interesting buildings in the village.
Out in the countryside it was looking a bit like the prairies.
We got a good view of Little Waldringfield on our way. Steve offered a shortcut to the church there for those who didn't want to walk the full distance, but there were no takers.
On our way back to Great Waldingfield, we came across a recalcitrant gate with a bolt that appeared to be jammed. But this was no problem for our intrepid leader, who managed to lift it off its hinges.
Here we are nearly back in Acton...
...and our return to the car park.
A great day's walk. Thanks Steve! You can see details of our route here and a more of my photos on Flickr.
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