Only ten of us today but the weather brightened during the walk. We set off through the village and down Station Road and Millers lane to the ford. In spite of recent rain it was still not over the track. We continued up to Souldern and turned right on Wharf Lane to skirt round the back of the village and emerged near the lane up to Nancy Bowles wood. The track up there to Foxhill was full of puddles but at the top we were in sunshine as we took the path out to the Fritwell Road. The road was quite busy as we continued back towards the village and took the road down to the church. The churchyard trees were very colourful as were those along the banks of the stream we crossed to re-enter Northants. In the final field up to Ryelands Woods we saw a deer crossing the ploughed field and heading for the trees. back at the pavilion the hot drinks and cakes or lunch were particularly welcome on such a cold morning.
