We didn’t expect to set off in drizzling rain, but the small blue bob on the BBC weather map proved to be right above us. Eleven of us braved the wet and the mud as we took the path over the hill and down to Lower Walton Grounds. We followed the concrete road towards Kings Sutton, but branched off and worked our way back to the farm track along the valley. That too was very wet and muddy. As we reached the back of Charlton we climbed up to the old stone pits. Under the suspicious eye of the bullocks we crossed the fields to the top of the village opposite the school and walked back all the way down to the bottom of the hill before heading up the path to
Rainsborough camp. As we came along the ridge the weather cleared. The sun appeared over Banbury and Edge Hill. By the time we reached the pavilion the sun was shining and we could sit outside for our coffee or tea. Just over five and a half miles.
