The reason for this blog is because me and my mum take some brilliant dog walks and want to share them. We would like to here about some of your favourite walks. Also we are geocachers (Our user name is extremedogwalker) and we will look for caches along each walk and tell you the ones we find. We're also on facebook just search for title of the blog.
This
is a very short post as I haven’t put anything on lately. Also because I’m
trying out a new site to show the route I took which should be a bit clearer
then me drawing it on the computer and offers more detail of the route
information. We started our near the Southham Road and headed for a nearby
tractor crossing bridge once on the other side we walked along the side of it
towards the canal and then turned right and walked along just taking a peaceful
stroll we came up for a railway bridge with the occasional train going over. We
came up to a lock and just walked up the side and carried on towards the
motorway and then on to a small bridge and turned back because we had enough it
was a miserable day grey cloud covered the sky.
Me and my mum parked up across the road from the drive leading down to the North Leigh Roman villa. The driveway is a bit rocky and could be quite hard going if you don’t have proper shoes on. A short walk down and you will come across horse stables so you will need to keep dogs on leads until you get past them after that it’s okay to let them off. After enjoying a short walk down the drive enjoying the view as we went we found a geocache (Villa View (GCXWEX)) quick sticker in the log and then carried on. We arrived at the ruins and took a few pictures (Which can be seen further down) luckily for is it was a very sunny day. We got a tennis ball out for Floyd and I tried to kick it for him but the kick didn’t go well and I missed my mum’s ear by a hairs width literally she said “I heard it hit my hair it was so close” for a little while we couldn’t stop laughing I wish I recoded it. To the right of the field there’s a small building which inside is a mosaic floor. When we left the field with the roman villa ruins we headed towards a
forest but on the way to the forest Floyd decided to go in to the river Evenlode for a swim and drop the tennis ball in it. We carried on towards the forest and walked up a slightly muddy hill and saw a fallen tree which I climbed up and sat in. After a quick rest we carried on through the woods and found a tree growing over a wall and mum decided to have a look underneath. Carrying on we found a rope swing and decided to have a go mum went first and then me but Floyd decided he wanted a go with me still on it did not go well I was in a bit of pain having a rope yanked between my legs (For a laugh watch the video further down) I managed to get off and Floyd carried on playing with the rope swing for a little while and Lucy just stood there barking at him. When he finished we carried on back to the car. On the walk back I was having a bit of an explore round and mum lost sight of me she thought she saw a shadow of me a little further on when I got back to her I said “ That wasn’t me that was a horse” she mistook a horse for me. All in all a great walk for family’s and dog walkers with wonderful views and easy parking can get busy on weekends.
We walked from the house today instead of driving to this walk which we done almost every day before I got my driving license. We got to an overgrown field and found the gate locked which it has been for a while because gypsies kept breaking down the fence and camping here but they don’t come here anymore. So we followed the fence round and found a tree with a swing which Floyd likes playing with and a little further on we came to a gap in the fence and turned left towards the small wooded area with small trees be careful of low branches. When we got in to the field and walked along the forest it was quiet a foggy morning and looking through the trees and a gap in the hedge at the back it looked as if the world just stopped. Carrying on we went through a gap in the corner of the field and into an empty one walking along the edge we got to a another gap in the hedge on our right and followed it through into another field and carried along coming up to a split track we took the one heading to the woods on a slight angle and came to a metal gate we went through and into the woods the slope in was a little slippy but when you’re on the level ground it’s not too bad we got to a smallbridge with bits of wood nailed on top so be careful you don’t trip on them it’s very boggy underneath and on either side so don’t let the dog in there unless you want to give them a bath later on. A bit further is another bridge crossing a small stream after crossing that we turned right and followed a small path leading to the valentines bridge stood on top of it looked like it was about a 4-5 foot drop but Floyd still decided to go down the bank and play in the water after he got out we carried on up and saw a fallen tree we got a bit closer and realized it landed on another smaller tree and I thought it was fascinating how the tree shredded almost (Better off looking at the picture of it lower down). Following the footpath we got back to the track and headed back. All around the forest there was peaceful silence and soft chirping from birds.
This
is a very short post as I haven’t put anything on lately. Also because I’m
trying out a new site to show the route I took which should be a bit clearer
then me drawing it on the computer and offers more detail of the route
information. We started our near the Southham Road and headed for a nearby
tractor crossing bridge once on the other side we walked along the side of it
towards the canal and then turned right and walked along just taking a peaceful
stroll we came up for a railway bridge with the occasional train going over. We
came up to a lock and just walked up the side and carried on towards the
motorway and then on to a small bridge and turned back because we had enough it
was a miserable day grey cloud covered the sky.
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