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

 

 

 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