From The Sutton Veny Village Hall Newsletter, April 2018:
Richard Jackman writes ~
THE LENT WALK
The combination of a blizzard just at the time when people might have been deciding whether to take part and the no dogs stipulation (due to concerns about Alabama Rot) were both factors in reducing the numbers attending to about 10 die-hards.
A few more met at the start for coffee in the church and, after a “break out’ from the labyrinth in the churchyard extension, the walkers continued to enjoy each other’s company during a circular walk along Back Lane and on down to the Wylye where, by kind permission of Roz & Alex Walker, they were able to walk beside the river and into Trench Ground field.
From there, courtesy of the access granted by Laura & Tom Hutchinson, they walked up through the fields to St Leonard’s old church. We were lucky to have Brian Russell with us, who shared his knowledge of the old water meadowsn infrastructure and also introduced the group to his cows that graze there.
As an added bonus three Geocaches were found en route. However, for many of the walkers the best find was the warmth of the Woolpack afterwards! Donations were collected for the charity Alzheimer’s Support, which is setting up a new centre in Warminster.