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The Country Promenade

There’s a delightful country lane which follows a babbling brook to our local riverside church, 200 yards away. Few cars use the lane, and it’s on level ground.

The lane is shady and peaceful all through the summer, with plenty of hedgerow birds. Look carefully and you might be lucky enough to see rare water-voles rustling through the grass on the banks.

Sometimes you’ll find the kingfisher on its hidden perch among the leaves over the stream, and there’s a large colony of slow-worms, and they often sun themselves, perhaps a dozen together, almost invisible on the wall.

You just might catch a glimpse of a fritillary butterfly - or the rare violets that feed their caterpillars. Watch out for the stoats crossing the lane and otters hunting under the footbridge. And don’t forget to look out for the woodpecker in the magnificent trees.