u3a

Woodstock and District

Blenhiem Walk 28th November 2025

It was a lovely morning for a walk, and as always the Blenheim Park provided a great place; we rendezvous'd at the Oxford Museum, and then strode out to Footpath Entrance (the Green Gate) to Blenhiem Footpath Entrance, opposite the Water Meadows, and so into Blenheim Park itself.

We followed a circular path that skirted the lake towards 'Vanburgh' s Grand Bridge, then past the Carved Oak Bench (we stopped to admire it and catch our breath) and then south to the Bridge over the River Glyme.

Then back past the Walled Garden, the front of the Palace and out through the Arched gate back into Woodstock and the Museum, for a well earned coffee (tea, etc) and yet more chat!

9 of us, doing 5 miles what a great way to spend a morning a bright, sunny, autumn morning

  • The river Glyne enters the lake - bright sunshine, lake, trees;
  • Ducks and geese on the lakeside
  • sunshine on tall trees
  • our path with dried leaves in the foreground and trees in the distance
  • our path through the woods - road, trees, sun streaming through
  • the carved oak bench; too wet to sit on today though!
  • an ancient oak, dead, gaunt, gnarled but still magnificent
  • the woodland floor, with brown, dried leaves, green vegetation, tree trunks and mix sunshine and shade
  • An aged oak trunk with dried ferns in the foreground and bright sunshine
  • the group walking with an aged oak - a few leaves retained in the background
  • the group on the glyne bridge
  • the group walking with the Glyne Bridge in the background
  • 6 of the group walking on the path; sheep in the background, bright sunshime
  • coffee cup on a table on the terrace outside the Museum Cafe
  • map showing our route and distance