Codsall and Wolverhampton Branch decided to walk stage 8 of the Staffordshire Way over two days. We undertook our first walk, the shorter section, on 2nd July. This walk followed the pathway from Brewood to Codsall. We have now completed stage 8 by walking from Codsall to Seisdon on Monday 30th July.
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| The first sign post marking the start of our walk. |
The weather was much improved, although we did have several short sharp showers, the sun shone briefly and we did see some blue sky.
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| Yes it’s raining! |
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| We enjoyed our picnic and it’s dry! |
We enjoyed rambling through the peaceful countryside and had some good views towards Shropshire during the later part of the walk. We observed a variety of butterflies including meadow browns and ringlets. We also noted swallows flying above the fields and a pair of buzzards near some stables. We all agreed the walk was an enjoyable challenge. We had plenty of opportunities to chat to each other and strengthen our friendships. We thought it would be a good idea to plan a similar challenging walk in our program next year.
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| The end of a lovely day. All 8 members arrive safely at Seisdon. |
Thanks to everyone for all their hard work organizing this event.
Submitted by Angela
Sounds like you were at one with nature that day. Thanks for extending my dire knowledge of butterflies.
ReplyDeleteWell done and so glad you enjoyed doing it. I am also impressed by your knowledge of butterflies.
ReplyDeleteSarah (Trentham)
I'm really pleased that you joined in on this challenge and that you have enjoyed it. I still think of Wolverhampton as part of Staffordshire. I hope you will join us for the picnic on Cannock Chase on 15 September to celebrate. I'm just going to look up ringlet in my Observer book of butterflies!
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