Ebeneezer Goode...

Date: Saturday 1st March

Distance: 10km plus - Easy

Location: Welwyn & surrounding area

Conditions: Flat

Weather: Sunny, yet somewhat windy

Participants: Gee, Sach

Randall’s book of walks – No.33 & 34 Ebeneezer’s Welwyn, plus Brocket Hall Reflections

Well blog followers, it’s been a while but it’s finally here.... a blog contribution from the other one. After numerous ventures out & about around Hertford, we decided on something a bit further afield...the mean ‘burbs of Welwyn & Brocket’s gaff / golf course.

To start with, a brief trip around Mr & Mrs Lurcio’s preferred Welwyn retailer of choice, to purchase Master Lurcio’s b’day present (Wol, can I add an extra km to the walking total?) Then off to somewhere close to the A1(M), starting from outside the Red Lion. After a brief trek through woods, we entered the mean streets of WGC, although I have to say a decent map would go a long way....
Back into more rural surroundings, via Lemsford, we hit Brocket Hall.

The trek round involved crossing various fairways, avoiding low flying balls hit by untalented merchant bankers. It was good to see Brocket Hall up close & personal, rather than from behind gates from the B657.
A brisk yomp around the grounds was then broken by a late lunch at the Crooked Chimney. Wol, does a 45 minute lunch stop nullify my 10km as one walk? Anyway, back on the way, with a 30 minute stroll back to the motor.

Can I just say I haven’t got a Scooby who Ebeneezer is but we enjoyed this walk for a bit of urban / rural walking mix. Secondly, I have to say my plan of walking round to NRA for 21 days on the bounce fell at the first, as I stopped off on the drive home, to feed Robbo’s penguins. Still, I feel 2 & a bit hours made up for it.........

Gee