Outwood Mill Circuit, Gatwick

 

A shorter walk this weekend ...  I had to open up the hall for the band leaders, so a delayed start, however also an opportunity to look further afield and also invite Noeleen along. So we ended up at the National trust common car park at Outwood, just across from the post mill.

The walk was essentially a circuit through the fields and back to the mill.

After negotiating the sprawling village we were into the fields ...  all had been recently harvested and lots of stubble , although there remained the great wildlife borders.

Bertie found a pond to "wallow" in around the half way point, but was disappointed that all the other places he looked at were dry - the summer drought was evident all around, the paths were all baked solid. Even the shadier parts were parched.

We came back to the windmill through a fallow field of sunflowers and other wild planting.

So back to the van for lunch, sitting around the table and chatting