Thi

s is m

y fav

ourit

e wa

lk o

f al

l as

it is

very

long

and

I se

e an

d sm

ell

lots

of

thin

gs. S

omet

imes

I do

get

a

bit t

ired

but i

t is v

ery e

xcit

ing

whic

h m

akes

up

for i

t. I a

lso li

ke th

e fa

ct th

at w

e ha

rdly

go

on a

road

at

all a

s I h

ate

cars

unl

ess I

am

goi

ng

for a

ride

in o

ne. W

e go

thro

ugh

the

big

wood

, alo

ng so

me

hedg

erow

s,

fille

d wi

th b

irds a

nd ra

bbit

s tha

t I a

m n

ot a

llowe

d to

chas

e. W

e go

pa

st a

chur

ch a

nd a

scho

ol w

here

I am

abs

olut

ely n

ot a

llowe

d to

do

a po

o, so

I ha

ve to

be

very

care

ful.

Then

we

get t

o th

e po

nds w

here

I ca

n se

e fr

ogs a

nd o

ther

exc

itin

g th

ings

. I w

ant t

o ju

mp

in, b

ecau

se

I lov

e ev

eryt

hing

to d

o wi

th w

ater

. So

met

imes

I am

allo

wed

to g

et a

bit

m

uddy

but

usu

ally

I ha

ve to

mak

e do

wit

h ta

lkin

g to

the

frog

s. Do

you

spea

k fr

og? I

can

a bi

t, bu

t it i

s a

funn

y cro

aky s

ort o

f so

und

and

som

e ot

her d

ogs t

hink

that

I ha

ve

gone

mad

! Any

way t

hey t

ell m

e al

l so

rts o

f st

rang

e th

ings

abo

ut li

fe

in th

e po

nd su

ch a

s whe

re th

at la

y th

eir e

ggs a

nd w

ho e

lse is

livi

ng

ther

e. I

love

it w

hen

they

jum

p. It

m

akes

a h

uge

spla

sh w

hen

they

land

an

d so

met

imes

I ge

t wet

. Af

ter t

he

pond

s we

have

to g

o do

wn a

shor

t bi

t of

road

, whe

re I

have

to b

e ve

ry

care

ful a

nd w

alk

prop

erly

to h

eel.

I

can

do it

if I

conc

entr

ate

very

har

d.

Then

we

go d

own

som

e ol

d gr

een

lane

s whe

re th

ere

are

all s

orts

of

exci

ting

smel

ls an

d so

unds

up

in

the

tree

s. I o

ften

mee

t oth

er d

ogs

here

, whi

ch is

won

derf

ul. T

here

is n

o tr

affic

so w

e ca

n ju

mp

abou

t and

pl

ay to

geth

er. E

vent

ually

aft

er a

lo

ng ti

me,

we

get b

ack

to th

e st

art

when

the

funn

y Bar

n is.

I us

ually

get

a

drin

k wh

en I

get b

ack

to th

e ca

r as

I am

very

thirs

ty b

y the

n. Th

en I

want

to g

o ho

me

and

have

my t

ea

and

drea

m a

bout

eve

ryth

ing

that

I h

ave

seen

.

To do

Bolly

s Grea

t Big

Circu

lar W

alk al

low

70 m

inutes

. 1 S

et off

from

the B

arn

car p

ark, tu

rning

right

onto

the c

oncre

te

track

and h

ead f

or th

e big

wood

on th

e far

side

of th

e oth

er ca

r park

s. 2

Turn

rig

ht in

to th

e woo

d and

follo

w th

e path

th

roug

h the

woo

d. Th

ere ar

e som

e spe

cial

signs

with

Bolly

s paw

print

to sh

ow yo

u th

e way

. Whe

n you

reac

h the

easte

rn en

d of

the w

ood t

urn r

ight

3 a

nd se

t off

along

the s

ide of

a fie

ld wi

th a

hedg

e on

your

left.

Whe

n ano

ther

path

cros

ses a

t an

angle

4 tu

rn le

ft an

d foll

ow th

is up

to

ward

s Rou

gham

Chur

ch w

hich y

ou ca

n se

e with

its ta

ll tow

er. W

alk th

roug

h the

ch

urch

car p

ark to

far e

nd.

5 C

ross

the

road

caref

ully b

efore

enter

ing th

e ch

urch

ya

rd an

d walk

right

up to

the c

hurch

do

or. Tu

rn rig

ht (w

est)

and f

ollow

the

path

down

to th

e end

of th

e chu

rchya

rd,

thro

ugh a

gate

6 a

nd al

ong t

he ed

ge

of th

e sch

ool p

laying

field.

Beyo

nd th

is ke

ep fo

llowi

ng th

e path

in a

straig

ht lin

e, un

til yo

u pas

s a po

nd on

your

left.

7

Whe

n you

reac

h the

hedg

e at t

he en

d, 8

turn

right

and w

alk up

to th

e oth

er

pond

whic

h will

be on

your

right

front

. 9

Kee

p on p

assin

g this

pond

on yo

ur

right

until

you r

each

a sm

all w

ood i

n fro

nt of

you.

Turn

left

here

10 an

d walk

th

e sho

rt dis

tanc

e up t

o the

publi

c roa

d. Be

very

caref

ul he

re. Tu

rn rig

ht on

to th

e pu

blic r

oad

11 a

nd fo

llow

it for

abou

t 30

0 met

res w

hen y

ou se

e a gr

een l

ane

head

ing off

to th

e left

. Cro

ss th

e roa

d wi

th ca

re an

d hea

d off d

own t

his la

ne.

12 Th

is is

a new

secti

on w

hich j

oins

up w

ith a

very

ancie

nt gr

oup o

f gree

n lan

es th

at ha

ve be

en he

re for

thou

sand

s of

years

. Walk

this

new

straig

ht se

ction

until

it m

eets

the o

ld lan

e, be

twee

n two

hig

h hed

ges.

13 It

can b

e mud

dy he

re.

Cont

inue a

long t

his un

til yo

u find

a lan

e he

ading

off to

the r

ight b

y a la

rge o

ld oa

k tree

. 14

Turn

right

here

and f

ollow

th

is ne

xt lan

e all t

he w

ay un

til yo

u rea

ch

som

e hou

ses. T

he pa

th jo

ins th

e roa

d by

the h

ouse

s at a

n ang

le. 1

5 Tu

rn le

ft he

re. Co

ntinu

e in a

virtu

ally s

traigh

t line

do

wn to

the p

ublic

road

. 16

Cro

ss th

e ro

ad w

ith ca

re an

d join

the f

ootp

ath on

th

e oth

er sid

e. Co

ntinu

e dow

n this

until

it joi

ns th

e Blac

kthor

pe Ba

rn av

enue

. 1

7 Tu

rn rig

ht do

wn th

e ave

nue a

nd

right

again

into

Blac

kthor

pe Ba

rn ca

r park

to

com

plete

the w

alk.

Wal

k

Bolly

and t

he Gr

eat B

ig Circular

Walk

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