Leg16. Chipping Sodbury to Doynton
On Sunday 9 th July, 7 intrepid walkers set out on the 16 th leg of our Monarch’s Way walk, from Chipping Sodbury to Doynton. The forecast promised changeable weather. We were hoping that we didn’t get caught in a downpour, but brought raincoats and applied suntan lotion so that we were ready for all eventualities. The first part of the walk took us out of the town, and into fields which afforded the first opportunity for a group photo. Shortly we reached a common, where we managed to skirt the frisky bullocks. The Monarch’s Way book warns us that it is easy to go in the wrong direction on the common. In fact, unlike some of the earlier walks, there wasn’t much signage on the whole of this walk. It was sometimes challenging to find where we were supposed to be going, but Rod did a marvellous job, guiding us. The path took us through fields of barley (or was it wheat?) and maize. Not the easiest walking. Eventually we came upon The Wishing Well pub – which had a garden w