{"id":25348,"date":"2006-12-04T22:05:00","date_gmt":"2006-12-04T22:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abingdon.blog\/Abingdon2006\/2006\/12\/04\/walk-to-radley-park\/"},"modified":"2006-12-04T22:05:00","modified_gmt":"2006-12-04T22:05:00","slug":"walk-to-radley-park","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/?p=25348","title":{"rendered":"Walk to Radley Park"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXP8IlTOOyI\/AAAAAAAAAEU\/mOBQCE7zHgQ\/s1600-h\/radley01.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXP8IlTOOyI\/AAAAAAAAAEU\/mOBQCE7zHgQ\/s320\/radley01.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004620835320642338\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>A  sign at the bottom of Lodge Hill directs walkers to Radley 1\u00bd miles away. But first the walk crosses a ditch and goes diagonally across what is currently a very boggy field&#8230;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLVTOOwI\/AAAAAAAAADg\/xp8eIVdsFoQ\/s1600-h\/radley10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLVTOOwI\/AAAAAAAAADg\/xp8eIVdsFoQ\/s320\/radley10.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004380089518799618\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>before joining a tree-lined bridleway along the top of the hill.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLFTOOuI\/AAAAAAAAADQ\/t2ykPj14rKU\/s1600-h\/radley08.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLFTOOuI\/AAAAAAAAADQ\/t2ykPj14rKU\/s320\/radley08.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004380085223832290\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The path dips down towards Radley College. A sign welcomes you and your dog but requests you to keep to the path, down the alley of trees and then along the main school road.<a href=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLVTOOvI\/AAAAAAAAADY\/kKyXfgpxSWE\/s1600-h\/radley09.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp0.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMhLVTOOvI\/AAAAAAAAADY\/kKyXfgpxSWE\/s320\/radley09.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004380089518799602\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>There is an extensive golf course used by students of Radley College.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXQa_lTOOzI\/AAAAAAAAAEg\/VBAtQIw0lH0\/s1600-h\/radley11.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXQa_lTOOzI\/AAAAAAAAAEg\/VBAtQIw0lH0\/s320\/radley11.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004654765562280754\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>Near the college lake you will pass this tree. It looks like something out of Harry Potter. I kept an eye on that trailing branch, should it proove to be the Womping Willow.<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMg71TOOsI\/AAAAAAAAADA\/yXBoWip4FB4\/s1600-h\/radley06.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;\" src=\"http:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_9voh_13xCGQ\/RXMg71TOOsI\/AAAAAAAAADA\/yXBoWip4FB4\/s320\/radley06.jpg\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5004379823230827202\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a>The walk then passes through the college with its many red brick buildings: this one is called &#8216;A&#8217; Social. Public Schools, from Hogwarts onwards, are a bit of a mystery to me.<\/p>\n<p>From there, you can continue back to Abingdon via Radley, or return the way you came, if you want to brave the Womping Willow twice in a day. For more walks around Abingdon visit <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abingdonwalks.co.uk\/\">Abingdon Walks<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A sign at the bottom of Lodge Hill directs walkers to Radley 1\u00bd miles away. But first the walk crosses a ditch and goes diagonally across what is currently a very boggy field&#8230;before joining a tree-lined bridleway along the top of the hill. The path dips down towards Radley College. A sign welcomes you and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.abingdonblog.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}