The original walk on this date should have been at Priory Park in Bedford, however as this was flooded that walk had to be cancelled. Sue & Tony R therefore decided to lead another walk & so Caldecotte Lake was selected due to its lack of mud & also its free car parking at the pub.
We started off from the car park crossing the River Ouzel by a footbridge where we met runners coming in the opposite direction. They were doing 8 laps which is approximately equivalent to a Marathon distance.
We continued a short distance before re-crossing the river which was in full spate.
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| Sue, Beryl, Judith, Hilary, Jenny, Diane & Ged on the bridge over the Ouzel |
We continued round the top of the lake over the boardwalk where we saw a pair of swans & a very noisy coot trying to scare the swans away.
When we reached the top of the lake we saw many daffodils by the overflow weir.
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| The daffodils with the pub in the background |
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| Diane, Beryl, Jenny, Ged, Hilary, Sue & Judith |
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| The lake with the pub in the background. |
We continued to walk down the east side of the lake, under the main road & round several circular bays with concrete tiered walkways round them.
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| Diane & Judith leading off |
We soon arrived at the bottom of the lake with a bird hide & some seats where we stopped for a coffee & banana break.
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| Tony R, Judith Beryl & Diane at the "bird hide" |
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| Jed with the 2 sisters |
We followed the path round the lake passing under the main road before arriving back at The Caldecotte pub. Diane left us at that point but the rest of us found a round table for 7 at which we had our lunch.
Sue said "Tony, Beryl, Hilary, Jenny, Ged, Diane, Judith and Sue joined this walk.
We had a coffee stop and a banana break much to my delight. Lots of daffodils and sunny at times.
We all went for a lovely meal except Diane. Such a lovely day. Thank you Tony"
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