It is our wedding anniversary today and Dawn and I went for a walk. We did a route we hadn't done before from the Ordnance Survey book "Suffolk - Outstanding Circular Walks", number 10 - "Forest and Riverside from West Stow. Well sort of... as you will see. This was our actual route.
Here are a few photos...
We started here - I parked by the road here rather than drive up the bumpy path to the car park. But I needn't have worried as the huge potholes I remembered had been repaired.
Our path skirted the edge of the forest. It was very pleasant in the afternoon sun.
The mahonia is just coming out.Ot will give a lovely scent when the flowers open fully.
Oh oh! What is this? The route shown in the book is blocked off! How can it be wrong?
We took a detour north along the edge of the woods and then back round a field.
When we got to Wordwell Hall we could see the signpost for the other end of the path. How odd.
We took a little detour to visit the tiny Wordwell church, no longer used for services, but still maintained. It was locked so we couldn't go in, though.
There was a stile at the end of the path back to the road.
We passed through a large pig farm. The pigs looked happy.
I think these are the rare oxlips rather than cowslips.
The water tower was sold last year with an asking price of £1m and is now being converted into a home (see here).
We walked through some of the grounds of Culford School passing the lake...
...before joining the Lark Valley Path. We wondered what these flowers are. [Update: They're marsh marigolds aka King cups - thanks, Joyce].
Dawn hadn't walked along here before and marveled that we were between two legs of the river.
I liked these bulrushes.
We left the river and headed back to the car. What is this? Is it a deer?
Yes it is! (see photo at the start).
Nice walk and some nice sumshine. It was still a bit chilly but no snow... unlike yesterday!
You can see more details of our walk here on MapMyWalk and more of my photos here on Flickr.
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