Anglesey Abbey Walk

Today we met up with Kirsty and David and all joined Joyce's walks at Anglesey Abbey.

This was the invite from Joyce.

"Monday February 19th a trip to Anglesey Abbey, Lode Cambridge CB25 9EJ. Please park/meet at 10am for a coffee before enjoying the gardens of the National Trust property. It has one of the finest snowdrop collections in the country. We can do a 3 mile walk in the grounds and after our packed lunch we can take a walk outside in the surrounding villages. Expect it to be busy as it's half term and hence the early start." 

We arrived a little early and met up with Kirsty and David in the car park. It is the first time we had got together since the same time last year when we visited Ely and then Cambridge.

We met up in the café with everyone else and then did the tour of the grounds together before going on a short walk. This was the route of our later walk.

But first Anglesey Abbey. Here are a few photos.

Dawn with Kirsty and David.

The winter walk.

The woods the other side of the river were flooded.

We walked the path round the grounds, dodging puddles in places.

David and I both had sausage rolls from one of the mobile catering vans.

Dawn showing off in her wellies.

We had our lunch stop on the benches outside the house.

Back to the entrance...

...and on to our walk, through Lode with Long Meadow, passing the other side of Lode Mill.

We admired the community space and facilities by Fassage hall.

Some couldn't resist having a go on the zip wire.

We crossed fields to Long Meadow and back.

We saw some hares on the return path. Can you see them?

Then it was back through Lode village to the Anglesey Abbey car park.

Thank-you Joyce for leading us round and to the others for the company. We'll be seeing Kirsty and David again on Wednesday, but first we went for an early tea to Fulbourn... about which more anon.

You can find more of my photos here on Flickr and more details of our 3.3 mile walking route here on MapMyWalk (or download a GPX file here).

Other related walks you can find on my blog include:

• Anglesey Abbey (Jan 2019)
• Anglesey Abbey Dahlia Festival (Sep 2019)
• Anglesey Abbey Walk (Sep 2019)
• A Winter Walk (Jan 2020)
• Anglesey Abbey Flowers (Sep 2020)
• Anglesey Abbey Walk (Sep 2020)
• Family Reunion (Sep 2020)
• Anglesey Abbey Dahlia Festival (Aug 2021)
• Anglesey Abbey Winter Walk and Snowdrops (Jan 2022)
• Family Visit to Anglesey Abbey (Oct 2022)
• Anglesey Abbey Winter Flowers (Jan 2023)
• Quy Fen (May 2023)