Hi Everyone
Meeting at Cosby Village Hall to leave at 8.45 am.
It's snowdrop time again!
Yep, we all arrived on time and set off to Loddington for our annual snowdrop feast.
The Game and Wildlife Trust Visitor Centre kindly allowed us to use their car park.
A little bit on the misty side to start with, but the forecast did say it would burn off later in the morning.
Walking down to the church across a couple of very wet and squelchy fields.
Getting into the church garden was a bit tricky.
Everybody has their own method of dealing with mud.
Our path flanked with snowdrops.
The church of St Michael dates mostly from the late 13th to early 14th century.
Our many photographers were able to capture on camera the essence of our visit to Lodddington church for all to enjoy.
Admiring the view.
Excellent pictures from all our photographers - thank you.
Getting down to it.
Gorgeous, absolutely gorgeous.
With another three miles to walk we'd better make a move towards Launde Abbey for lunch.
Leaving the fields and onto terra firma.
Making our way down the lanes, not much traffic around at all.
Beautiful views of the surrounding countryside.
At this point we spotted a couple of hares in the distance doing a bit of sparring - unfortunately, they were too quick for us to capture them on camera.
Our first big incline of the day.
Always nice to get to the top.
Sunny but still very cold.
Arriving at Launde Abbey.
Tree that's always well watered.
We arrived a little early. Some of us put our feet up, others went for a walk around the garden.
Welcome.
The rear view of the Abbey.
The kitchen garden. Just like all our gardens, not very productive at the moment.
A seat to take five and enjoy the view.
Lunch is served.
Massive pot of vegetable soup with warm crusty rolls, enough for some of us to have seconds.
Must be good, they've all gone quiet.
Cake to follow and by the looks of the size of that slice and the serious face, it's a nice problem to have!
Oh yes, we know how to jam and cream our scones.
Lunch is over and boots returned to owners - THE HILL awaits, we're all fired up with cake power - so no problem!
Here we go.
Here at last.
Yippee!
And after the hill, a demonstration of how to do the Plank - no one else joined in - wonder why?
Down the hill, around the corner and we are back at the cars.
Great walk with lovely people on a lovely day - perfect.
P.S. A message from Willie and Sheila.
Found a new friend while on holiday.
Piggy back time.
Taking a close look at the garden.
Back to the chalet just in time for cocktails.
It was a 4am start to see those tigers - just chillin' now.
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