TWW 25th August 2020

A small select group for this week's walk from Bere Alston. Down the track to Lockridge Farm where someone had spent a lot of money on tarmac. On an earlier "virtual" walk this year it was all about cherries, this time apples were definitely the feature, a boot full before we started and surrounded by laden trees on the walk. Some magnificent oaks along the river before a detour round South Ward Farm which included a nice wild animal tracks game. Passing the Cothele estate on the other bank to gain a welcome permitted path along the river past the most elegant house I know, then a very different view of Calstock. The newly engineered flood planes had all their ponds full of water due to the all the recent rain and the big machinery was standing idle. A stop for lunch in the clearing by the now defunct tree swings. Then up through the woods through Tuckermarsh to the cars. And no rain fell on us at all: brilliant.
Mike