Today we repeated a walk we did for the first time last April from Kersey Mill.
This was the invite from Joyce.
"Tuesday May 6th Dan asked to do this walk again. Let’s meet at Kersey Mill, Stone Street IP7 6DP for coffee at 9.30am at The Miller’s Kitchen. We will start walking 10am. The Circular route is 10 miles and takes us to the villages of Whatfield and Semer. Please bring lunch with you."
This was our route.
Here are some of my photos.
We arrived at the Miller's Kitchen in time for the start of the walk. There were just five of us on the walk today.
We crossed the River Brett at Cosford Bridge and followed the footpath through the garden of this lovely house.
We saw some oak apples. Not a fruit at all but a gall created from the oak apple gall wasp (Amphibolips confluent). The gall forms when the wingless adult female lays eggs into a newly-forming oak leaf. As the egg hatches and larvae grows, a chemical reaction causes the leaf gall to grow with it. Read more about them
here.
We got a glimpse of Keresy Church but we wouldn't get there for quite a while yet - we had to visit Whatfield and Semer first.
Lots of pleasant meadows today.
Here we saw some Bugle plants,
We came to the village of Whatfield.
It's a while since I've seen a Ford Cortina. This one looked well cared-for.
We approached the church passing some lovely houses.
St Margaret's Church was open so we were able to go in and shelter from the rain for a while and enjoy the interior. As Simon Knott says "
The
west end of the nave huddles under a fine 18th century west gallery,
and the roof above is entirely rustic, the uneven ceiling rising above
the roughly-hewn tie-beams."
I spotted some reed organ stops in the organ case.
The 14th century font is quite plain.
Onwards towards Semer. It was hard to see the path in this field.
We saw lots of may blossom today.
I remembered this pink farmhouse at Hill Farm from last time.
We didn't get any closer to confirm it, but I think this was a field of purple tansy.
The red clover adds a splash of colour.
Down the path to a farm lined with agricultural machinery.
The pond at the bottom of the hill.
More grassy fields led us to...
...the village sign for Semer.
Our next church was
All Saints, Semer Church. Not our lunch stop today as it was still a bit early.
We walked through the village past some lovely wisteria.
Onwards to Kersey now. It was quite a steep climb up Watson's Hill before we got this view of the church ahead of us.
The village is always a delight to visit.
Just past "the splash" a couple by the side of the road were flying a drone.
Up the hill now past the village sign to
St. Mary's Church. You can read all about the church's history
here.
We had our lunch at the table inside the church.
The view back through the village from the churchyard.
The red campion flowers are out now.
Past our old friend the buddha signpost.
One more good view of Kersey Church.
And here we were back at Kersey Mill.
A lovely walk on a lovely spring day. Thank-you Joyce for leading us round and to Dan, Dawn and Roland for the additional company. You can find more details of our 9.9 mile route here on MapMyWalk (or download a GPX file here) and more of my photos here on Flickr.
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The walk looks great and your pictures make it even better . Suffolk countryside at its best .
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