Luddites summer walk July 2016

Mon, Jul 27th 2020 at 2:03 pm -

Luddites summer walk

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Walk starts

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - over to Nova wood

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Through a stile

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Hard Going

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - First Garden - Fieldhead Farm

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - First Garden walkers group - Garden owner Charlie Wilkinson on the left

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - vintage Cars

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Vintage Car old Petrol Pumps

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Joseph Priestley birthplace

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Birstall in Bloom

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Oldest path in Birstall

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Japanese Garden

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Ian and Joanna's garden - welcome refreshments

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Ian and Joanna's garden

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Ian and Joanna

Luddites summer walk July 2016 - Ives Farm for a farmhouse brunch

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The Rotary Club of Birstall Luddites
Annual Summer Walk 2016

End Polio now Campaign

Summer walkers enjoying a farmhouse lunch.

"A friendship/fundraising walk/meal , also supporting & thanking Birstall In Bloom."
Walkers assembled at Oakwell Hall on a very pleasant summers day at 12.00 noon.
Robert led walkers off up through Nova woods to the first Birstall in Bloom garden that walkers visited.
Fieldhead Farm garden is hidden behind the farmhouse and neglected for decades given a makeover for 2 years.
It is now a haven of space privacy and peace.
We met with owner Charlie Wilkinson to enjoy looking around.
Charlie took us to the adjacent showroom to look at Stepen Owens very impressive collection of vintage cars.
The walk took us down Fieldhead Lane to another garden on Nova Lane.
A Japanese themed garden with a Bonsai collection.
Here we met John and Linda, Linda is recovering from a knee replacement.
The final garden took us to Luddite Ian and Joannas lovely garden. After refreshments and garden browse we walked back to Oakwell to end the walk.
We drove up to Ives Farm where we all enjoyed a farmhouse brunch .
Thanks to Batley Rotarian David and Christine with now - Wakefield Rotarian Mike and friend,
Luddites Bill, Jeff and leader Robert and Jill. Margaret and Nigel met for the lunch.
The walk collaboration with Birstall in Bloom made for an interesting walk, Rotarian Ian is organiser of the Birstall Garden Trail and their proceeds of the day are shared between the Forget me not
Childrens Hospice and Birstall in Bloom.

Big thanks to Rotarian Robert for again organising the Luddites annual start of Presidental year walk and his leadership in the End Polio Now campaign.