WALK REPORT Here are some highlights of the walk we took near Colchester yesterday. Route was Cheshunt Field – Layer de la Haye – Abberton Reservoir (northeastern corner) – Fingringhoe – Rowhedge [walk profile]

Red campion on the path near Cheshunt Field Iron Age & Roman Settlement

A makeshift swing on the Roman River in Chest Wood

Close-up of a ceanothus plant in Layer de la Haye village

A variety of spurge known as Euphorbia x martinii, growing in a front garden in Layer de la Haye village

Fish and chips at the Donkey & Buskins pub in Layer de la Haye village

Isaac leads the way down to the old mill house near Malting Green

Stopping to chat with a friendly horse

A not-so friendly sign near Abberton Reservoir, where the path crosses an Army training ground

Lambs with their mothers in a field near Abberton Manor

More of the same flock gathered beneath an old dead oak

Guy decides to take the direct route to the pub in Fingringhoe

Upper Hay Farm on the path to Fingringhoe

A phone box opposite the Whalebone pub in Fingringhoe

A line of fishermen underneath a 600-year-old oak tree in Fingringhoe

The view downstream to Wivenhoe from the old converted mill on the Roman River near Fingringhoe

Crossing the marshes alongside the Roman River between Fingringhoe and Rowhedge

A closer shot of Wivenhoe, taken around low tide

Nice light on the path into Rowhedge

A final shot of the waterfront at Wivenhoe, before we head for the Anchor pub in Rowhedge

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