River walk

We went to Stratford on Sunday. We wanted to walk as well as go to the outdoor market but we did not have much time so we just did the town river walk. We usually walk much further, along the railway track, past the race course, but this walk was relatively short.

 We parked by the recreation ground, and started walking across the green

and soon reached the river, the theatre across the water.

Two white geese and their six babies...

They are my favourite water birds, so seeing their babies was a real pleasure

They soon got fed up with all these people gawping and moved off

There was also a boat race going on

with a lot of music, shouting and counting

which was all coming from here, the start of the race.

We moved on, crossed the bridge to the other side

had a wander around the market and bought some homemade soda bread

the race was still going on

The theatre cafe was very busy

Took the path that runs along the river

We could see the racing boats through the trees

it's a lovely, shaded path

in the church grounds

view from the bridge

and we were back on the other side of the river

the water lillies are about to flower

the first weir

the second weir

this is my favorite part of the walk

the trees are so grand and imposing

we had come full circle and were back to where we started from - the babies and their parents.