HOOP photo gallery 3c: Purwell to Wymondley Road
These photos cover the Hitchin Outer Orbital Path as it travels down Gypsy Lane, the trackway that links Purwell and the Wymondley Road. Its route includes the Purwell Ninesprings Nature Reserve and the site of a Roman villa.
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- This side path takes you to Wymondley Wood
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- Leave the pavement here and follow the path into the trees
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- The less-used entrance to the nature reserve
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- An optional path snakes through the Purwell Ninesprings Nature Reserve
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- A side path leads off towards the site of a Roman villa
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- Birds have been known to nest in the top of this metal pole
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- The dark corner of this field was the site of a Roman villa
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- Gypsy Lane at its widest
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- A glimpse of fields
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- Ripening blackberries
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- Hover flies on thistle flowers
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- A glimpse of the fishing lake through the trees
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- Emerging onto the Hitchin to Wymondley road
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- A short run of country road before the edge of town
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- HOOP meets STOOP
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- Something fishy here
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- A view across to the railway embankment
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- Heading back into the fringes of the town to pass under the railway
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- The Ippollitts Brook passes between houses
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- The route follows the pavement under this railway bridge
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- Take a hard left down this track to the Brook
Over the summer we've got a few wild and not so wild swimming adventures planned - we'll add them here as they happen. 
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