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Bramshott Day Walk 15th February 2017

Rain was forecast but we escaped the rain until we were quite close to the the Fox and Pelican in Grayshott. There was still rain around as we went back via Waggoners Wells, but nothing too wet!  The walk was 7 miles in total and we still didn't need a ride on the  pony and cart we saw trotting over the common.  Waggoners Wells are a series of man made ponds built in the 17th Century, supposedly to be used as hammer ponds for iron making, although this never actually happened. Possibly they were completed just as iron making started declining in the south of England - the availability of coke and coal up north was too much competition for the wood of southern England. We also saw plenty of moss and lichen - apparently the area has at least 90 varieties.

At the lower end of the ponds

Ludshott Common

Even more

Savannah grass?

Pony and trap on Ludshott

What, no camera?

Fox and Pelican

Rainy restart

2017 02 15 - 7 miles

Nice lichen

Waggoners Wells

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