Jean-Luc emailed everyone on Friday to ask if we fancied another walk over the weekend. I need to build up more endurance so I said yes as long as I was back in Brum for 5pm. So we agreed to meet at "The Green" in front of the Parish Church in Tamworth In Arden at 1pm on Sunday.
I wasn't quite sure who would turn up but Qasim let me know on Saturday that he would be there.
I arrived at the allotted time and parked on a side road and changed into my walking gear and grabbed my camera before making my way to the church. Jean-Luc accompanied by Stuart was parking up just as I reached The Green. We exchanged greetings and I left them to get changed while I took a short stroll around the village.
The centre of the village looked magnificent and the The Green turned out to be a lush grass island complete with elegant round picnic tables positioned directly opposite the Church. On the adjacent side was a fabulous pub called The Bell Inn. This also doubled as a boutique hotel and the restaurant menu looked delicious. It was lunch time and it was obviously a popular place to meet and eat judging from the crowd spilling out the door and the array of expensive cars parked outside - Mercs, Aston Martin, Porche....
Qasim phoned to say he was 5 minutes away and I let Jean-Luc and Stuart know and I told them that I was going for a short exploratory walk to take some pictures and I would meet them on the Green ten minutes later. It was a lovely warm sunny day and strolling around the church and the cemetery was quite soothing. The scenery in and around the church was amazing and the back of the church opened out onto some fabulous countryside.
I made my way back to the others , and Qasim had just arrived. He had bought along a friend that was staying with him and who loved country walks. We made introductions and commenced our trek. Stuart was navigating this time and we set off with him in the lead, guide book in hand. He did explain that he might be slightly deaf as he was listening to the Aston Villa game through his earpiece - as you may have guessed Stuart is an avid football fan.
Just beyond the church we turned right and walked into the entrance of Uberslade Farm Park and walked along a beautiful Boulevard lined on each side with enormous conifers standing majestically tall along a half mile stretch of tarmac road.
To be continued...
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