Monday 10 September 2012

Strollers Walk No. 161, Monday 24 September - Vogrie Country Park

The September Strollers Walk was in Vogrie Country Park in Midlothian.
Date:            Monday 24 September 2012

Start at:       The Cedar Tree Cafe, within Vogrie Country Park

Led by:        Alasdair and Jill Niven

Details of this walk were circulated by e-mail or post. If you did not received these, firstly check your Spam or Junk folder in e-mail (it went into my Spam). Read the item further down this Blog to find out how to stop these e-mails going into Spam, and note that I have updated that item to show the correct address for Strollers e-mails. I had it wrong the first time around.

Report on the day:-
After a weekend of beautiful weather, anticipation was high, but the forecast was not good. However 20 brave souls turned out for the walk, more in hope than expectation.
After we had been fortified by tea and scones from the Cedar Tree Cafe, Alasdair and Jill led us round some of the paths through the Country Park. Sheltered by the trees the wind and rain did not seem too bad and the 'mud' factor was on the low side! Unfortunately the views were a trifle obscured and we couldn't find the old carvings on the trees that Alasdair was telling us about, even standing on tip-toe.
A nice leisurely stroll finished back at the cosy Cedar Tree CafĂ© to round off the day with a bowl of nice hot soup. With 11.5 miles of paths in the Country Park, there are still lots more to look at and hopefully next time the weather might be a bit better. 

Thanks to Alasdair and Jill for organising the walk and the parking for the mini-bus, driven by Alistair Buchanan.