Dog Walk Explorers: East End (Combe) (Roman Villa)

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.

Geocache: Villa View (GCXWEX)

Google Maps: 51.832496,-1.427675

GPS: N 51 49.950 W 001 25.665

OS Grid Reference: SP 395 150