Uffmoor Wood - GPS Tracklog - 22/11/2008

Well last Saturdays walk around Uffmoor Wood was a cold and damp 3.44miles with no sign of wildlife apart form the odd Robin and the rustle of animals in the woods. I pulled into the car park a bit late for a walk and well aware that it would be dark or getting dark as I got back to the car and had visions of the gate being locked and me haveing to bolt cutter my way out of there, not that I've had to do this before ;-)

It was a pleasant walk and would have made for some nice pictures if it had been frosty, but sadly it was just grey and wet without the hope of a few rays of sunshine. Anyway the dogs loved it and were more than happy to bounce off into the trees trying to flush out the Sheep and Deer with very little success, while the owners flip and panic and try to calm them down. Well It's that time of the year when all of the wild field mint has been muched down by the animals and only the wild Garlic remains by the one footbridge, maybe that's due to the steepness of the banks that surround the stream. I did manage to spot a couple of Frogs down by the almost completly overgrown pond. The rest of the walk was mud mud mud and plenty of slip slideing and a couple of stream crossings to add to the chances of getting a dunking. After that it was a pretty straightforward walk back up through the woods, over a couple of small footbridges in a very boggy area, then back around the edge of the woods and join the path that takes me back to the car.

I sat at the one very fast flowing water source and scooped out some water for a coffee when an old couple stopped for a chat, telling me about there walk and how much they love the woods etc etc.....when the old chap mentioned the name of the stream that I was getting my water from, turns out that it's fed by the River Stour, which starts in Stourport and is in turn fed by the River Severn, so that was a usefull piece of knowledge gathered from a friendly local :)

Well the darkness beats me and the last leg of the walk is a dark one with me wondering about the sign that says they lock the car park gate at dusk. Back at the car, muddy and happy that the gate is still open.

All in all Uffmoor Wood is a great place for a walk, it's not that big but has plenty for a ramble about for a couple of hours and in the past we've spotted an abundance of wildlife. It's also well liked by the dog walking brigade, so that hinders your chances of spotting any wildlife. I give Uffmoor Wood a thumbs up for a place to spend a couple of hours mooching about.