Greatham walk

 

We went for a walk around Greatham, Hampshire yesterday.

There is a footpath from the main road up to the top of the hill. It was nearly blocked with brambles and nettles but I forced a path through. This is the view from the top of the hill. A field of rape and views all around. Shame it was raining!

We then took a bridleway down to the road towards Selborne. This is the bridleway. This looks like an old “drove road” as it is quite wide. There are banks either side too.

We then walked down the Selborne road, which was quite busy with cars and only had a footpath for the last half. We turned back into the village and past the Manor House. This looks really impressive with its high chimneys, but is hidden from the road. It is used by a Christian fellowship called L’Abri. There are pictures of it on their website here: http://www.labri.org/england/images/photos/property/index.html

Next door to the Manor House are the ruins of St John’s Church.

We then went down the lane by the church ruin and across a set of fields planted with turf. There were big signs warning of prosecution for trespass if we strayed off the path here, but the footpath was marked with direction signs, even if it was a bit difficult in places with nettles and ploughed soil to cross.

At the end of the route I spotted these toadstools.

The whole walk took about 2 hours, but was only about 3 – 4 miles.