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Setting off from the windmill in Brill we headed for Boarstall Duck Decoy, which wasn't actually open. On the way we played a game of 'guess the roadkill', after much deliberation we agreed it was a fox. Poor guy.
We walked through a farmyard which was what I like to call a 'proper farm', not like those farms you see on Countryfile where they've pressure washed the mud away and swept up; you know the ones where it wouldn't surprise you if they shampooed their cows? This farm looked lived in and worked on. It reminded me of home up North.
It wasn't the sunniest of days. The recent rain meant that the ground was quite muddy, but we plodded on up a hill, and eventually we were back at the windmill! It was the kind of walk where I could have done a few more miles, but we decided to head to Thame to buy some steak for tea, and a scotch pie and a sausage roll for a snack. Delicious.
Brill to Boarstall
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Spring has finally sprung and what better way to celebrate than a nice walk in the countryside.
Andrew suggested we went to Brill, a village in Buckinghamshire that J. R. R. Tolkien apparently used as inspiration for the village of Bree in The Lord of the Rings.
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| Andrew enjoying the stile in the middle of the field! |
We walked through a farmyard which was what I like to call a 'proper farm', not like those farms you see on Countryfile where they've pressure washed the mud away and swept up; you know the ones where it wouldn't surprise you if they shampooed their cows? This farm looked lived in and worked on. It reminded me of home up North.
It wasn't the sunniest of days. The recent rain meant that the ground was quite muddy, but we plodded on up a hill, and eventually we were back at the windmill! It was the kind of walk where I could have done a few more miles, but we decided to head to Thame to buy some steak for tea, and a scotch pie and a sausage roll for a snack. Delicious.
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| Brill Windmill |
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