Youth Minister, Mark Smallwood Reports:
On Sunday 19th July, we did our second sponsored walk for Ibba Girls’ School. We met outside St. Mary's Church Lower Slaughter, and then followed the Macmillan way to the River Windrush before it runs into Bourton on the Water. We followed this along a steep wooded valley and then into some meadows where the river meanders lazily along. Here Lydia was ambushed by a snake (they seem to love her!). It was a grass snake which had to be at least a metre long! Then we went into Naunton where we stopped for a round of soft drinks at the Black Horse Inn. From there we met the Warden's way as it slopes up out of Naunton and followed it along the hilltops until we crossed the B4068 and entered an umbrageous peaceful valley, walking alongside the River Eye into Upper Slaughter. From Upper Slaughter we rode a swell back into Lower! All in all it was close to 15 K (9 miles). You can find out more about Ibba Girls’ School, and how to sponsor us here: https://www.friendsofibba.org