Saturday 18 September 2010

17 September 2010 - New Walk in Plancenoit led by Jane

Unfortunately Paulette was not able to lead this walk as she was unwell but Jane was elected map reader and after a shaky start (a quick visit to someone's back garden) we were on our way.
The weather managed to hold and no rain fell although at one point towards the end of the walk a large black cloud appeared. If you look really closely at the above photo you can see the "Butte du Lion" in Waterloo in the background.Walking through this agricultural landscape alongside huge fields of sugarbeet, through fields of corn and discovering a nursery growing some impressive yew trees and buxus was very interesting but the downside of this walk was that we had to cross two main roads with a lot of traffic - we were lucky some nice drivers stopped to let us cross. The walk also included a country road which seemed to be used as a shortcut by cars and vans. Still the exercise did us good.
We were all in need of sustenance at the end of the walk so we drove to the Ferme du Hameau du Roy in Vieux Genappe. This is well-known to people who live in this area but for me it was a first. After we had some great coffee and delicious cakes we could not resist buying some bread to take home from the bakery. A big "thank you" to Jane for stepping in at the last minute.