Sutton Coldfield Ramblers Short Holiday 11 -14th April 2025
at the HF Harrington House, Bourton-on-the-Water, organized by Rosie and Tony Power
Saturday Walks
A walk led by Sharon Freedman
A circular walk of around 9 miles starting from the HF House, taking in two of the “Rissingtons” - Little Rissington and Great Rissington. 16 Ramblers enjoyed a warm and sunny day, walking through open countryside with clear views across the Cotswolds, stopping at two fine churches - St Peter’s in Little Rissington and St John the Baptist in Great Rissington as well as the hospitable Lamb Inn.
A walk led by Chris & Jenny Mitton
A circular walk of 7.5 miles starting from the HF House walking along the Windrush, across to Upper Slaughter, then through Lower Slaughter and back to the house
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Saturday Evening Entertainment
Elaine Creen entertained us with an interesting quiz.
Sunday Walks
A walk led by Tony & Rosie Power
A circular walk with 10 walkers from the HF House of about 8 miles through Clapton-on-the-Hill and Lower Marsh Farm.
A walk led by Mike Fowler
A circular walk of 11 miles with a party of ten SC Ramblers. We walked from HF Harrington House in Bourton on the Water along the River Windrush to Naunton then on to Upper and Lower Slaughter along The Warden’s Way. From Lower Slaughter we follow a short stretch of The Heart of England Way back to our starting point.
In Naughton we visited St Andrew’s Church (15th Century). The Palm Sunday Service had ended and as the last few parishioners were leaving, they invited us in to view their church and offered us Palm Crosses. The village has had no shops since 1999 but does have a pub The Black Horse Inn. As we were nearing the pub it started to rain so we took shelter there and enjoyed their coffees.
As soon as the rain had stopped, we were on our way along The Wardens Way to visit The Slaughters. Before too long we experienced another shower of rain but this time no convenient shelter. The shower did not last long and we didn’t experience any more rain after that.
We followed the footpath along the River Eye between the two delightful villages where there are pretty little riverside cottages, stone footbridges, old watermills and picturesque village greens. It's a beautiful area with the 19th-century water mill in Lower Slaughter one of the highlights of the walk. The final section of the route follows part of the Heart of England way south from Lower Slaughter back to Bourton-on-the-Water.
Download route:
Sunday Evening Entertainment
Clockwise from the top
Sing-along, including "I'm a Rambler.." (With ukelele accompaniment) - Ken Bratton
An Easter Bonnet Parade - Winner chosen by the House's manager.
They should have asked my husband (A poem by Pam Ayres) - Jenny Mitton
A sketch from the 1960s Frost Report - John (Cleese) Collins, Tom (Barker) Halstead and Chris (Corbett) Mitton.
(not shown) How to cross a river-the Rambler’s way (A story) - Pat Collins
We also got the solutions to the puzzles that were given out on Friday
Dingbats (Download the puzzles answers.)