On the doorstep

Sat 10 May “25. DH, RW, TO, PCL, DL, JB, JS, Scrumpy, Albus & Maisie

We don’t tend to w all too close to home these days having found plenty of other good walks and breakfast cafes, but once in a while it’s good to go back to basics and explore the countryside around one of our home bases. Continuing with our summer start time in Wincanton this week, it was spot on 0830 when I arrived outside of the library on Carrington Way, (having dropped off my good lady at the Memorial Hall to catch the Berry’s for a hen do in Covent Garden ) to see six fellow walking ready and raring to go. Or so I thought!

It transpired that I arrived right in the middle of some friendly banter and roasting about the length of shorts on display today, or was it the amount of short hairy legs on display?

It was good to see JB back from his DofE trips and JS back from holiday, so after a slight delay whilst everyone got themselves into the mood for walking, we headed off past the old Health Centre and around the corner onto Les Rossiers Way, passing the bottom of the path up to Wrexon View where the folks of Wincanton lit a beacon as part of the VE 80 day celebrations only two days ago. Cutting through the houses we paused at the top of Cash’s park to wait for the stragglers. Conveniently Maisie decided to do her business right by the bin and we were soon joined by the others who were having a good giggle about Richards misfortune with a bag whilst dealing with Scrumpy’s deposit. I wasn’t there so can’t go into details but it was clear no one would be shaking Richards hand this morning!

We dropped down the hill through the every narrowing path as the trees and bushes down each side have encroached significantly, and out through the iron gates towards Shatterwell falls. Unsurprisingly with the good weather we’ve had this month and the lack of rain, they were no more than a trickle today.