Newton St Loe to Stanton Prior

Yesterday was my walking group day. This month we met in the village of Newton St Loe, a village on the edge of Bath which is predominantly owned by The Duchy of Cornwall. We parked by the church (see 4th August) and outside the old School House. The school house is currently covered in scaffolding but it is still possible to see the fine old door.

Our walk took us across the very edge of Bath Spa university's parkland past the bottom of the two lakes. This is a popular fishing spot and was quite busy.

We then passed through a sheltered meadow with a slight climb up to the gate.

It then passed through some cultivated farm land past several fields of maize.

A picture of a maize head which looked rather like an untidy head of hair.

We had checked this walk out only a couple of weeks ago but the wet weather had caused quite a lot of growth which made the going slightly more tricky.

It was nevertheless very pretty with the growth of a good number of flowers.

After a walk along a quiet country road we reached the village of Stanton Prior. We took a few moments to explore the parish church of St Lawrence.

The old yew tree in the churchyard is reputed to be where the bodies of those lost in the village during the Black Death were buried.

Tomorrow I shall show you the return part of our walk.