It was good to be walking out in the Warwickshire countryside again. The paths were not too muddy as the weather has been reasonably dry over the last few weeks. We set off from the Fleur de Lys and up a track. Soon we passed an old bridge parapet for a railway that once ran through the area; the Lapworth to Henley railway opened in 1884 and closed in 1915 for passengers and 1917 for all traffic. ( more info on the railway can be found at https://www.warwickshirerailways.com/gwr/lapworth-henley-branch.htm ).
Soon after this, we were walking past a woodland carpeted with bluebells and through a pine plantation. We continued, and as we were running a little behind schedule, we attempted a shortcut. We found ourselves on the wrong side of the canal, and as we did not want to lose any MIRTH members in the canal, we decided to retrace our steps back to the road and returned through the village to the Fleur de Lys for a well-earned lunch.
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