Nuthurst Drives Us Nuts!

Monday 20th October and J and I set out for a 4 mile walk starting in the village of Nuthurst. We are using J's book which is a recent edition of Mike Powers' book. We have had trouble with this book's instructions before which led us to encounters with electric fences and a farmer's wife with a shotgun (it was a walking stick really but I was convinced it was a rifle as she approached).

The walk starts OK and we pass through some pleasant autumnal woods. Pi is off the lead and she promptly goes off to chase something (probably a deer). We hear her baying in the distance. I use my whistle to good effect and we shortly see her about 200 yards away in the trees. She continues on her own route rather than coming straight back to us. It seems that she's returning by following the same route she took on the outward journey and it's not too long before she comes hurtling back to us from behind. 

All dogs safely back on the lead we continue. At the last half paragraph of directions we are walking through Sedgewick Park looking for a track to the left. No track. We try a footpath and then retrace our steps as it leads nowhere. We continue, passing Doomsday Lane (it's not looking too good for us at this point!) and as we are certainly lost ask at a garden centre for help. Two lovely gardeners point us down Magpie Lane telling us to take the footpath on the left at the bend. We do this and end up at the same set of pylons that we turned back at before!

Back to Magpie Lane where a very smiley farmer puts us right. After a mile further we find the correct path and it is then a straight walk to the pub. Phew.

We've probably walked about 8 miles and poor J has to work tonight.

We will be holding a ceremonial burning of all Mike Powers' books on November 5th.