Footpath report for July 2023

The First Annual Launton Parish Path Wardens’ Walk was an unqualified success. Some thirty people joined us for a circular walk which included some of the paths recently realigned following the EWR project. Our route took us up Station Road, along a new path just outside the village and over the new footbridge. We then walked alongside the railway before striking to the north almost to the Stratton Audley Road. Then heading back past Field Barn, across a newly combined field towards the airfield then turning towards Launton via the footbridge and hence back to Station Road. The ground underfoot was predominantly dry in spite of significant rain the day before, even in the recently ploughed field we had to cross. The more significant hazard was brambles which had proliferated in the few days between our checking the route and the event itself. While the walk was indeed a great pleasure it was equalled by the tea and cake which Lesley provided for participants when we returned to our starting point by the pond on Station Road.