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Photos 4th May 2009
An 8 mile walk starting from Kimpton, to the West of Welwyn. Part of this walk briefly overlapped with the Ayot St. Peter walk as we went through Ayot St. Lawrence. It was nice to see how things have changed, and different paths used mean a different angle on the new church too. It was a slow frustrating start as it was very busy in Kimpton due to an event, and the pub stop at Codicote was a long one. It took over an hour for a rather poor quality fish and chips to arrive. Not good. The walk as a whole was rather pleasant and pictoresque. A nice day out. This was also the biggest walk I have been on, with atleast 26 walkers and two dogs.
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| Vivid bluebells in the woods by the path. | Posing for photos on a pictoresque bridge. | Walking through woodland. | Walking across a grass field. | ||
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| 6 shot panorama of a large pasture field. JWalkers visible to the left, groups of cows visible either side of the centre in the background. | JWalkers reaching the end of the pasture. | A curious street name. Who would want to live there? | A majestic old oak tree. | Descending downhill through woodland. |
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| One of the non-human JWalkers shooting past me. Low light levels made for an interesting motion blur effect. | The woodland path continues, flanked by trees and bluebells. | Crossing a river on a small plank of a bridge. | A very long range shot of a church. | |
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| Big tree silhouetted against the sky. | Daniel 'holding up a mansion'. | Back at the ruined church at Ayot St. Lawrence. Look how the vegetation has changed since the Ayot St. Peter walk. | The gate tot he ruined church. | Apparently this is a 'handkerchief' tree. | |
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| One more springtime shot of Ayot St. Lawrence. | Don't touch that fence! Could be a bit shocking... | A closer view of the new Ayot St. Lawrence church. | Lambs. | ||
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| One more rest stop before the end. | Over the hill and to the finish. |