Another walk

I can't pretend I did this walk today, but it is 10.30 and I have just come back from the pub - went for a drink with Jane after the History Society meeting. It was a talk about Jerveaux Abbey - a very lovely place  just a mile or two down the road from here. It is a privately owned Cistercian Abbey, which has very little left in the way of stone - probably because the last Abbot took part in the Pilgrimage of Grace in 1536 and Henry took his revenge by virtually razing it - 250 years to build and less than three to demolish. Lots of local churches ( and houses!) have bits of the old Abbey in their fabric. The speaker was the person who owns and runs the Abbey - it is a very peaceful, quite low key place - entry by honesty box - with more than 200 species of wild flowers in season, and an excellent tea room. Might be an afternoon visit when you come to stay !
My walk though was, as usual very local. The Community Office has leaflets about the 'Leaves walk'. This begins (with an acorn) at the school and follows a trail of stone leaves which pop up in various guises along the way .This pic is the first leaf (depending on which way round you walk ) and is in John Waddington's field behind the church.

Here is another of the leaves - there are 6 in all - which serves as a bridge over one of the streams that feed into the River Ure.

Perhaps we'll do this walk too when you come to visit.