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WEST MIDLANDS WAY ROWINGTON to BUSHWOOD Tuesday 8th April 2003 ...............Walk No. 543 |
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West Midlands Way No. 31 Total 163 miles Time Taken: 1.75 hrs Distance: Enjoyment: Weather: Clear Views 4:15 am - 6:00 pm 4.5 miles 75% Sunny and Warm Temp: Cloud: Rain: Visibility: Ground Conditions: Wild Life: 14oC 65% 0% Very Good Very Dry Rabbits, Lambs Total AA: Total MH: Total LD: Total AW: Other: Total Distance: 676.5 mls 730.5 mls 1684.5 mls 100.5 889 mls 4081 miles Companions: (Derek) Walking Alone ---------- To be Updated Wrong Text & Photos Points of Interest: Henley-in-Arden Arden Way Heart of England Way Birm - Stratford Railway Henley Golf Course Ullenhall Village St. Mary's Church Chapel Barn Tracy Farm Gorcott Hill General: Thirty third day's walking on 'West Midlands Way'. 167.5 to 172 miles. Started cycling from Gorcott Hill at 3:45 pm. Brisk pace mainly down hill for 4.5 miles. Locked cycle around a lamp post and started walking at 4:15 pm. Tried to take my first photo on bridge of railway at Henley Station but lens locked causing an error message. All my efforts to clear the fault were in vain. I had no useful camera to take photos. I was devastated. Path re-routed around edge of Henley Golf Course. Many ponds is this area. Always re-assuring to pass a pond when shown on the map and described in the walk text. Good evidence of the old ridge and furrow farming system in field just before Ullenhall. Delightful village with pubs still open, but Post Office and Village Store now closed. Impressive church, St Mary's, on western side of village, 8 bells tower but haven't rung there yet. Footpath now diverted around Chapel Barn House. After passing The Reins wood and another field turn sharp left along the edge of a new tree plantation to A4189 opposite archway of Tracy Farm. Soon after leaving main road pass a very pleasant 'Desired Residence'. Steady climb passing many grazing fields to road near Grove Wood and car. Walked through mostly grazing fields but very few cattle or sheep in fields, although some horses as usual. Unofficial path diversion obviously changed by bungalow just before Ullenhall Lane to give the bungalow residents some privacy. Original stile now in end of large hedge, follow good stile to right and cross left hand edge of field to another good stile to road at Gorcott Hill. Photos taken 28th May 2003. www.streepmap.co.uk Start 414875/265980, Finish 409660/268545, via 410880/267920. Hazards: Care required when walking diagonally across fields. Follow track across or skirt around field if no path obvious. Watch for path diversion after Ullenhall Church and by new plantation adjacent to fields of horses and opposite Tracy Farm. Footpath to road near Grove Wood peters out and is obviously little used. Stiles disappear so use gates. Keep walking straight ahead with field hedge on right. | |||||
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