Salford to Rollrights and back
About 4.5 miles in 2 hours, sunny and warm. A surprisingly varied walk taking in a neolithic monument, a charming little church, flowery fields and cool woods.
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Tim
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1a. A bush of …
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1b … dog roses
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2. It’s been a great year for buttercups – and grasses
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3. Oxeye daisies (aka Moon daisies)
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4b. Beautiful grass – and a plague of horse flies
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9a. Can’t hear the Whispering Knights
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9b. Perhaps they haven’t been paid enough
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11. Traffic jam in the Cotswolds
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12. Some paths are only slightly overgrown
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13. First sight of Little Rollright
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14. Some paths are almost manicured
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15. Tombs in Little Rollright church
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16. A more than usually elegant field gate
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17. Deadly nightshade, aka belladonna
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18. Angels posing as teasels
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19. A lovely woodland path
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20. A different wood – why so much more ground cover?
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