Boxford and Bagnor

Boxford Mill

A lovely sunny Sunday morning. This walk begins in the pretty village of Boxford, by the mill, and follows the Lambourn valley southeast to Bagnor. Initially you walk close to the river bank ....

... but the path fairly quickly diverges and most of the route is out of sight of the river. We did take one opportunity to make a detour down to and were rewarded with the best sights of the walk.


After this, the route goes through a wood and then follows a hedged track down to Bagnor. From, here the route in the walk book followed the road back to Boxford, but this seemed too dull so we looped back through a nature reserve and retraced our steps.

From: Village walks in Berkshire by Berkshire Federation of Women's Institutes (Countryside Books).

Map: Explorer 158 (Newbury and Hungerford).

Rating: three stars. Very pleasant walk, but frustrating to be near but out of sight of the river for most of the way.


Sightings

Quite a few blue Banded Demoiselle damselflies and one or two Beautiful Demoiselles.



Flower of the day

The main reward from our detour was a slow stream running to the Lambourn where there was a profusion of Water Crowfoot.

Chalk Stream Water Crowfoot