Aynho Long Walk: 7th August 2014
The hot sunshine continues and thirteen of us felt the heat on our walk of nearly seven miles. This morning’s walk was a popular one along the ridge to Rainsborough Camp and across Camp Farm fields to the Charlton Road and beyond, before emerging on Cut-Throat Corner and following the lane for a few hundred yards to the footpath across to Croughton. From here the recent harvest made it difficult to find the exact route of the footpath but we reached the village easily enough. We paused in the shade of the trees in the churchyard. Most people and dogs had a thirst quenching drink before we checked out the TV set in the hollow tree by the church gate. It is still there. The recycling collection truck blocked the road as we approached the ford beyond Croughton Mill but we skirted round it without problems. The barley in the Warren Farm field had grown a lot since our last visit. It is the first time that the field has become arable for many years. We assume it is no longer needed for pasture as the famous Aberdeen Angus herd has been reduced in numbers. The path through the woods in Upper Aynho grounds was very overgrown, but fortunately not with too many nettles or brambles. A young hare raced ahead of us up the track beyond the stream. We crossed the B4100 and were soon on the final slog up the Portway path, an exhausting climb in the hot sunshine, and on through the tunnel and back to the pavilion more than ever pleased to have a welcoming drink and jacket potato or slice of cake.
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