No pies on the first Sunday of May, as Caz, an occasional pie muncher, got married to Darren on Saturday and the munchers were invited to the wedding barbecue on the Sunday. As usual, pie munchers cannot munch before the obligatory warm up walk... The Walk Master had kindly prepared a walk close to the venue before hossing off on holiday to France. Five munchers set off from Stody Lodge Plantation, but then had to wait several enjoyable minutes to cross Holt road, as a parade of vintage motorcycles passed by. Heading eastwards, we turned down Green Lane after passing 6 huge chicken sheds. Along this mile and a half track, we came upon a party of Pimms drinkers, by a Daimler Dart SP250 roadster. Heading north when we reached Edgefield Street, free-range eggs were purchased on route to Edgefield church of St. Peter & St. Paul. We had lunch in the grounds of the church; with it’s tower and alter in the east. We headed back to the cars down the road to Briston, due to a reluctance to use the concessionary footpaths! We turned off the road along a footpath towards Stody Lodge. The footpath was along a track that, due to the gardens being open to the public, had much traffic heading to the car park. A short walk down the road between Lodge Plantation and Lodge wood returned us to the car. Liz then produced a fine cup of tea before we headed to Wood Farm. Here we were treated to a free bar serving Wherry & red wine and beef burgers and pork ribs from the barbecue! The pie munchers thank Caz & Darren for their hospitality and wish them every happiness for their future together.
Wedding photograph by Colin Howard. Wedding flowers by Josie.
