Whoops - Saturday, 19th June. See you all soon hopefully!
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Yes, Port Meadow would be fine if that’s what people would like - all suggestions welcome! 
There were six of us this afternoon on a lovely three-hour walk through Barton to Sydlings Copse.
As so often, we have to thank Clive’s wife Stephanie for the entry on the Wick Farm well house in her comprehensive Headington history site (scroll to the end for pictures):
https://www.headington.org.uk/history/listed_buildings/wick_farm.htm
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Yes, indeed, diolch i ti, Owen a Linda, Clive, Richard W & Alicia for a really enjoyable walk in the sun (and, of course, Stephanie for the info on Wick Fm)!
At one stage we were talking about the long history of the phrase Cymru, Lloegr & Llanrwst - here’s a link to that song with the same title by Y Cyrff:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upkDEvGMzc8
The weather forecast’s not too bad for Saturday’s (19th) walk. Let’s go ahead, then, with Mohini’s suggestion of Port Meadow - we could meet up, as last time, by the car park at the southern end of Port Meadow, although meeting outside the station could be another option. How would a midday start suit everyone? @mohinigupta? @Adamc? @Betterlatethan?
This sounds great! 12 noon at the Port Meadow South Parking entrance is great (the one at the end of Walton Well Road). Let’s all meet near the bench at the entrance and then walk into the meadow together!
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I shall be with Carol (who doesn’t speak any Welsh), and we might join you, but I am not yet sure. If we don’t turn up by 12 then go without us. We have an extra 2.5-odd miles to walk to Port Meadow and back, so I am not sure how far we shall go once we get there. How far/where are you thinking of going?
Sue
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It all depends what people want to do really 
We could do a circle of the meadow, visit the nature reserve on the eastern side, or there’s the Thames Path on the other side of the river. @mohinigupta what are your thoughts?
@Adamc will you be joining us as well?
Hwyl
John
PS If anyone arriving by train needs to know the route to Port Meadow, these are the shortest routes:
Thank you @johnwilliams_6, @mohinigupta and Alan for the walk round Burgess Field. John deserves a gold star for persuading the pony to let us pass. Carol was fine after a brisk walk back along the canal and a cup of tea.
Sue
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Yes, diolch i @mohinigupta Alan and you, too, Sue. Glad to hear the canal walk and a cuppa did the trick for Carol.
A diolch i Mohini hefyd am y ffotos 'ma from our walk
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Great photos! I love the horses! If others are interested I would like to try the S Hinksey and Chilswell valley from Hinksey Park walk (4.5 miles) next week end. Bethan
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I can make next Saturday now, after all, and I’d certainly be happy with that. At the moment it looks as if @Betterlatethan @ruth-connor @Adamc and Richard Williams can it too. (One thing about this route is it allows alternative starting points with parking, i’e. Hinksey Park, Redbridge Park & Ride or even S Hinksey garden centre, so people could choose a starting point that suits them and meetup with the rest en route - maybe that would complicate things a bit too much, though …)
Hwyl
John
PS Doodle poll for July walks+sgwrs coming soon!
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35 bus goes past Go Outdoors (near Redbridge) and also Hinksey Park, so I could start at either. I think that Hinksey Park is more fun because you go over the railway and the lake, but the other is fine too.
Sue
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Helo bawb - in case you missed it, you can find the Chilswell Valley walk amongs others in the pdf mentioned in this post from a few weeks ago:
These are, of course, just suggestions - please do post any other suggestions you’d like to make whether starting from Oxford itself or further afield (I think the furthest we’ve been so far was a walk from Kingham station on the Oxford-Hereford line) .
Also, when the Covid situation allows, lifts could easily be arranged for those of you without a car so there’d be no need to restrict ourselves to routes accessible by public transport.
Hwyl
John
Helo eto - let’s confirm the Chislwell Valley Walk for this Saturday (26th) meeting up at 12:00 in Hinksey Park (just off Abingdon Road) next to the car park - it’s about 15 min walk from central Oxford (there’s also an alternative route starting at Redbridge P&R - you could meet up with the rest of us in South Hinksey where the routes join if that worked better for you)
Hwyl am y tro
John
PS Don’t forget the Doodle poll to find dates for next month’s walks+sgwrs: https://doodle.com/poll/64x3ukcnqpagmm7h?utm_source=poll&utm_medium=link
11:28 bus from Radley should reach Hinksey Park about 11:45 ish, all being well, so I’ll aim for that.
Sue
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PPS Alan Iwi has pointed out that parking in the streets to the south of Hinksey Park is possible as they are outside Oxford’s controlled residents parking zones. Also, if you were parked in one of the streets south of Vicarage Rd, there’s a footpath nr St John’s Church which youi could use to get to Hinksey Park
Diolch @Betterlatethan @bethan-williams-1 @ruth-connor & Clive for a very enjoyable walk+sgwrs today and diolch, also, Sue for navigating!
Hwyl, John
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Yes! Diolch yn fawr pawb am eich cwmni. Taith cerdded hyfryd. Bethan
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