What gems you find when you look. All this while, we have overlooked the beautiful countryside in East Anglia. But no fear, we are now exploring it thanks to Sailor. Today's walk was to the Forest of Marston Vale, found just by chance while on route to Aspley Woods yesterday. Yet again, free parking. As mentioned yesterday, I do believe that parking should be free to enjoy the beauty of the UK. Grafham water cost £3 to park, this country should be encouraging people to enjoy a healthy lifestyle. We made our decision on which trail to do, an 8km walk around Stewartby lake.The trees cover a 61 square miles between Bedford and Milton Keynes repairing a landscape scarred by decades of clay extraction, brickmaking and landfill. As you approach you smell the brick factory and see the gas pipes from the landfill, then you come to an oasis in the middle of it. A large lake, fully accessible gravel trails and a lot of people taking advantage of such a wonderful place. We saw numerous families on bikes and wheelchair users. On the downside, we also found a number of screaming children which spoilt the tranquility, along with the dog that yapped at Sailor and the dog owners that didn't pick up the mess of their dogs...but what an amazing place. We will be back to do the other trails.
http://www.marstonvale.org/index.html
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