On 7 August 2011 Roger and Virginia Yelland led one of their Epping walks.  Unfortunately I was not on the walk so cannot vouch for the order of the photographs below or provide any captions or descriptions.  When I originally put these photographs up on the old website I could not vouch for the order but I have since checked back on the e mail Sheila sent me when sending me the photographs and hope that the copies below are closer to the order in which they were taken on the walk.  Unfortunately I was not our myself that day so cannot provide captions or descriptions.

 

 

 

The photographer allowed herself to be the

object of this photograph of herself with

forest memorabilia added to her hat

 

 

A much talked about feature of the walk was the number

of fruits of the forest that were found.  Here are a few

blackberries not all quite ready for picking.

 

 

Open countryside part of the walk

 

Some paths are hidden to all but the expert leader

 

 

Recent events reported in the news added a touch of

fear at the sight of this warning sign. Fotyunately this

bull was in the opposite corner of the field.

 

 

Back to the woods

 

 

Suspicious clouds

 

 

Even more ominous clouds

 

 

Sunny in the morning

 

 

Still dry at this stage

 

 

The tag for this photograph said "Delightful cottage but

is the decor consistent with the date over the door?

 

 

Getting our bearings towards the wooden church

 

 

Road walking kept to the minimum

 

 

Chestnut tree promising autumn plunder

 

 

Acres of agricultural land

 

 

The Church of St Andrew Greenstead-Juxta-Ongar

proved an atttractive stopping point

 

 

Crusaders Grave 1200 AD

 

 

Admiring the interior of the Church

 

 

 

And Robert took a couple of photographs in larger format.

 

 

 

It looks as if weather conditions deteriorated after the visit to the Church and the walk was finished in dull wet conditions

 

 

More woods and the sun breaking through

 

 

 

At least one rambler was prepared!!