Rowlands Castle circular approx 7 miles 4/02/13

 

Length: Approx 7 miles
Time: Approx 3 hours at a leisurely pace. There is a fairly steep climb from Wick Farm up to Idsworth Down.
Ascent: +-155m

 

We parked in a side road at Rowlands Castle. 

 

1. At long last some sunshine.

 

2. Holy Trinity church, Blendworth.

3. A typical hanger. The name 'Hanger' comes from the Old English 'hangra' meaning a wooded slope. This one faces north-east and had an abundance of mosses and a lots of low shrubs that I still can't identify.

4. More Turkeytail, Trametes versicolor (baby version this time).

5. This is a fine yew at the top of the hill approaching Idsworth Down. Apparently, there are some notable yews in the Holt which we'd walked through earlier. I didn't find out about them until I was looking for general information about these trees. They must have been on private land as we didn't see them. There are some photos of notable yew trees in the Holt here.

 

 6. Looking north-east towards Uppark House (you can just about see it as a light blob on the horizon in the middle of the photo) which is about 4 miles away as the crow flies.