On Sunday 24 August 2014 Roger and Virginia led one of their ever popular walk in the Epping area. The following photographic memories of the day, together with captions have been kindly made available to us by Sheila Bravin. The programme extract gives helpful details of the plan for the day. The walk leader welcomes Alfie to his first ramble
The ramblers look forward to their nine mile walk
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Lawrence of Arabia owned this land
Autumn sunshine as the ramblers cross a field
Meandering along a well trodden path
The photographer will now have to run to catch up!!
A glance to the side reveals nature's abundant beauty
The leader ensures all ramblers are assembled for forest walk
Pause for conte,plation
Ground dry and smooth underfoot
Looking back
An extremely pleasant spot for the peace prayer of St Francis
The prayer helpfully printed on the club membership card
A closer view of the prayer
A falen tree requires rambler to throw leg over
Different styles for the same obstacle
The leader carefully ensiures no injuries
Alfie makes sure his foster mum keeps up too
Alfie bounds to the front of the line
Tranquil scenes to calm the inner mind
Across roads and time to snack on natures bounty
Tasty autumn berries
Only the soft juicy ones will do!!
A little cluster to please the palate
Another path with an arch of foliage
On the lookout for more berries
Alfie kept from the roadway
Nine hole golf course with amazing views
Not sure of this holding technique
Meandering paths intersect with helpful signposts
Relaxing small talk ensues along the way
Alfie never far from the front
Yet another path to show the way
A welcome stop at the pub designated for lunch
A rickety bridge over a dry stream
A moment for all to catch up, sit down and absorb nature's serenity
Gradually setting off again
No rush!!
Forest trees infused with autumn sunlight
The leader allows time to enjoy the views and chats with walkers new to the group
Perfect display of water lillies
The leader has great knowledge of so many forest paths
Some roads have to be crossed along the way