Bill Edwards -­ PROWD | 01453 824452 | edwards.parish@btinternet.com

We enjoyed a fabulous walk on Sunday 17th September starting from The Badger. We welcomed our new members and reacquainted ourselves with our regulars members. From the Badger we followed the path behind up to six ways double kissing gates up and onto Cress Green. From there we headed out to Five Acres Grove (or the bluebell wood as we know it). After carefully crossing the railway line we took a right through about 3 lovely fields and found the path which had been cleared nicely and redirected slightly bringing us onto the road facing the George at Frocester.

Walkie Talkies

After a well earned pint and the dogs had had a rest and a drink we continued our journey along the road that comes to Frocester Fayre, taking a right into fields following the footpath which sort of scoots around the perimeter for a few miles until eventually coming round the back of Green Farm and joining a footpath to the side of the Kings Head. Guess what...yes another few bevies were enjoyed in brilliant sunshine, thus concluding a truly wonderful walk with unexpectedly mild sunny weather. Thank you everyone that came along.

The Walkie Talkies is a completely free walking group welcoming everyone from all ages  ...and their dogs.

We meet mostly at The Badger at  1pm every third week in the month with walks in between on an ad hoc basis. We have a lively Facebook page and advertise our walks at The Badger, The Co-op, Butchers and Community Centre. Please just turn up or get in touch if you need further info.

             You can contact me anytime 01453 828557/ 07806 802540                  

                                     vanessa@teddytunes.co.uk.

Our next two walks take place simultaneously on Sunday 15th October....

Bill Edwards (824452) will lead our shorter walk: 1pm at The Badger roughly 2-3 miles / 1 hour ish.

Vanessa (828557) will lead Painswick/Slad walk:  1pm at Stamages Lane car park Painswick.    6.5 miles 3-4 hours. Stopping for a drink at The Falcon in Painswick on the way back.     Please let me know if you need a lift…

                                                              More Future Walks

Sunday 19th November 1pm The Badger (to Cam and Frocester St.Peter's church 5.5 miles 4 hrs...this is a wonderfully interesting walk (going under the M5) cheeky pint at the George/Cam half way round.

Sunday 17th December 1pm Rudolf's Ramble details to follow...will be involving alcohol and mince pies defo!

Sunday 21 January 1pm at Badger (the detox walk) details to follow…

Love, Vanessa

PROWD

Well, Autumn has well and truly arrived!!................   misty mornings and damp starts, BUT,... lovely Autumn colours appearing on the trees and in the hedgerows,.........  another good reason to get out and use our local footpaths!

In order to make it easier to use our footpaths, kissing gates have been installed across our Parish over the last 10 years or so, largely with the support of our Parish Council, but also with private individuals paying for some installations.

PROWD has recently been awarded some money by the Ramblers Association, and I am currently applying for further grants from two local sources. There is obviously always a lot of  "coordinating" to be done between Landowners, Suppliers, Contractors, and County Council in order to 'make things happen' !!

A "charity"  Bank account has also had to be opened in order to receive donations, and to keep clear records of all monies received, and monies spent.

I am hopeful that PROWD will be successful with its 'local bids' as a lot of careful planning and documentation  has been involved in the application process.  Any money received will go towards further improvements in our footpath network.

I was contacted recently by Parishioners who were concerned about the footpaths and bridleways in the Nastend area, due to the new housing development. I called in to see the 'on-site' foreman, and he made sure that all paths were clear and open for normal use.   On the subject of "open footpaths",  if anyone feels that they would like to help to clear paths during the Winter months,................. please contact me, and I can make arrangements for a 'working group' to meet-up.

Just time to mention  our TWO walks,.... both on SUNDAY 15th October.

 LOCAL Walk :  1300 at the BADGER  About one hour.    lead by Bill  (  824452 )

 PAINSWICK  Walk :  1300 at Gamages Lane car park.  3-4 hrs.  Lead by Vanessa ( 828557)

Let's all hope for a gentle, quiet and colourful Autumn and some enjoyable walks.

                                                     Best  wishes,     Bill  Edwards