Glympton (Church Walk)

We parked in the lay-by along the A44 and got myself and the dogs ready. We headed towards a small gate with a footpath sign and got a little way in before we saw a steep hill to walk down covered in ice and snow so we decided not to and turned back towards the car because my mum spotted a another footpath on the other side of the road so we followed that one instead after crossing the busy road we saw a long wide track covered in snow with trees on either side. We let the dogs off their leads and followed the track to a field and a couple of barns with lots of logs piled up we carried on pass and came to a gate which lead on to a road and on the other side of the road we saw a building with a gate going through the middle. We crossed the road and went through another gate under the middle of the building on the gate we saw a sign saying

FOOTPATH ONLY 

ST. MARYS CHURCH 

GLYMPTON 

We walked down this long tarmac drive of Glympton Park looking round enjoying the view and spotting how many CCTV cameras there are (Lost count in the end) we found the church and carried on round past the church and followed the tarmac and found a

wooden staircase which we followed and walked a long a verge and into another wide open field. We then decided it was too cold and turned back after we crossed the road into the track and the little dog Lucy decided to go through the fence and loose her coat so I had to put my coat over the barbed wire and I climbed over to retrieve it and then carried on back to the car when we got to the A44 we had a bit of a problem trying to see round the corner so if you do this walk from the A44 be careful crossing.

Google Maps: 51.885767, -1.392050 

GPS: N 51 53.146 W 001 23.523 

OS Grid Reference: SP 419 210

Steeple Barton (River Walk)

 I spent today with my cousins Jake, Luke and Adam. We went to Steeple Barton Church St' Mary's because we saw on the OS map waterfall. We parked outside the church (I can't get a street view picture of the parking but there is a small lay-by there) and headed into the graveyard and followed the worn grass to the end of the graveyard and went through a small gate and followed a narrow path to another small gate leading onto a bridge me and Jake went over the bridge and Luke and Adam decided to go on the over side. Me and Jake walked next to a big lake with a brilliant view of Barton Abbey and a very nice river on the other side and further along we came to another bridge with an arch at one end and a nice scenery walk at the other. we saw a very nice waterfall. We carried on a little further and saw a massive field but we decided to turn back. On the way back we stood outside Barton abbey and heard the bell ringing 12:00. We got back to the car and drove back.

SMILE!!

51.920731,-1.350189 (Google Coords)

N 51 55.244 W 001 21.011 (GPS Coords)

Minster Lovell (Hall Ruins)

We arrived after along drive from Boars Hill we drove around for a while trying to find this place and after awhile we gave up and I asked someone where it is and  he said it was behind the church so we walked down the road to the church. As we walked past the church and saw this enormous structure we just couldn't believe it. It's brilliant although the path was a little slippy inside it was beautiful seeing the arched windows the roof of the hallway entrance just thinking this structure was built about 600 years ago (1440) is just amazing how it still stands we let the dogs off because there was nobody around even though we're not meant to (Please don't tell on us) we took loads of photos I didn't put them all on the this post because it's just to much. I do suggest you visit if you like your ruins it's free to go in and look round but please respect the place the English Heritage does a good job looking after it. If you want more info click this link: http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/minster-lovell-hall-and-dovecote/

Parking:

51.800448,-1.534315 (Google Maps)

N 51 48.027 W 001 32.059 (GPS)