A winter's walk...

As a welcome break from driving friends Mike and Liz were kind enough to host us for a second night here in Pirbright. Yesterday we went on a good walk around Brookwood cemetery and along part of the Basingstoke Canal with the winter backdrop giving it a different perspective - very pretty.

Monday's walk - around Brookwood cemetery.

 

Mike and Liz live opposite the beautiful tree-lined avenue that leads to the  entrance to Brookwood Cemetery,the largest in the UK, which gives them access to walks that are both serene end interesting.

We joined them yesterday for another walk on what was a fine,if cloudy, autumnal day.

The cemetery is now in hands of the local council and they are working on improving what is a massive site and providing some new walking routes like this boardwalk above.

The recent remembrance ceremonies meant that the part of the cemetery dedicated to the military was in pristine condition though Mike & Liz say that this is normally the case anyway. 

 

The council have also worked hard at providing details and maps to find the location of  'notable plots' but where the cemetery does compare size-wise to many of Europe's great cemeteries it does not have much in the way of 'celebrity' (or should that be 'ex') graves - though they let you know that Freddie Mercury's grandparents are here, somewhere!