Today we went for a very chilly 4.5 mile circular walk around the grounds of the beautiful Brocket Hall, starting and ending at the Waggoners pub in Ayot Green.
Brocket Hall hit the headlines a decade or so ago when Lord Brocket was sent to prison after being found guilty of a £4.5 million insurance fraud. Wild rumours abounded that he'd buried his classic Ferraris beneath the undulating greens of his golf course, or perhaps even ditched them in the river. The reality was that he'd dismantled them and shipped them into a North London lock-up!
We started by walking through the village of Ayot Green and then headed onto the Ayot Greenway disused railway path.
It was so pretty.
We visited the photogenic Paine Bridge built in 1772 by James Paine.
Part of the walk took us through the Brocket Hall golf course which sits in the beautiful parkland. One of the holes is even played directly across the river requiring a 170-yard shot.
We then headed out of the park and back to our starting point by the pub.
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