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Wet Walking When grass is soaking wet and ploughed clay sticks to my boots I chicken out and look for lanes to walk , keeping out of traffic as much as possible. Try this. Start on the Railway Walk from Station Road as far as Hook Lane bridge, drop down to the lane and down to the Layham Road and go left as far as Brett Green. There's too much traffic but at least there is a sidewalk. At the sign "Upper Layham " turn right down Mill Lane and walk down to Layham Mill,-private road but public footpath, and cross the Brett by the little bridges beside the Mill Pool .Go up Church Lane, noticing , as you go, a FP sign to the left which is part of an 8 mile walk to Shelley and back. At St. Andrew's Church you go right for the shortest return to Hadleigh. Now that the hedge has been well trimmed you get a good view of the meadows beside the Brett. Take binnoculars, you can usuallly see wildfowl various. At Toppesfield Bridge you have walked about 3 miles. For a longer walk, go left at the church, past the Queen's Head pub, then fork right and go about half a mile. Ignore the lane to the left which would take you to the farm shop, but look at the junction in front. The right fork climbs out of the valley( wild garlic on the right bank ) and takes you with good views past the Hunt Kennels and Hill Farm to a lane which drops down to the playing fields and Toppesfield Bridge. About 4 miles. The left fork ( No Entry to lorries over 71/2 T ) takes you more slowly out of the valley, to the gravel pits and the wider road towards the Sudbury road. But before you get there, at Potts Farm, turn right down a narrow lane to Deaves Farm and Frog Hall Farm then up to Half Way House, past the end of Love Lane, down to the playing fields and Toppesfield Bridge. This version is about 6 miles |
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