Steady start to 2026

Saturday 3rd January. DH, DL, JB, CH & Albus

For the first walk of the year I decided that we would take a later start and stay local as no doubt we have all eaten too much over Christmas and if like me, been a bit sedate on the sofa for the last couple of weeks. Added to that, my feet have been a bit tender so a walk around the roads in trainers was certainly going to be a better option that putting on boots and walking over uneven ground. The day started with a heavy frost band clear skies and although the roads were still frosty as the four of us arrived at North Cadbury, the sun was already climbing in the east.

We set off north past the village hall and many of the lovely character properties then straight down to the end of the No through road. Pausing to check the map first, once happy we then took a small path alongside a pair of wood clad semis and down to a small stream which was no doubt part of the bad flooding which hit this village a couple of years ago. There was a wooden boardwalk type structure above the stream with a gate to access it, be we pushed straight on to the rear of the primary school and then out by the refurbished Chapel House and left to the main road which runs north-south through the village.