WATER LILIES and WHITE WATER ..........

We are very lucky to have acres and acres of lakes, the river and walks near us .....

There are large fields  and babbling brooks .....

..... and, many wood carvings along the way.

a slight deviation off of the main path takes you along water lily walk .....

and, after a few miles of lakes, locks and loveliness .....

one arrives at the White Water Centre that was the venue for the Olympics 2012.

You can sit and watch the British team and members of the public battle the rapids whilst drinking wine or coffee in the sunshine or enjoying a nice lunch. We've been walking here since it was first built, long before the Olympics ..... there was only a hole in the wall where you could get coffee then ..... it has grown a lot since those early days !!!

On the way back you can walk a different route along the river, past the barges and locks. 

all images via me bar image 11: via geograph.org