Scarecrow Trails & Woodland Walks

It's half-term here in our county in England and Halloween is coming up this weekend. With that comes the traditional trick or treating, carved pumpkins, and ghostly tales. But before we get to the weekend, we have another wonderful 'ghoulish season' bit of fun: the scarecrow trails.

We hadn't been on one for a couple of years but we saw one being advertised by a local primary school about a 20-minute drive from us. The local residents had decided to get together to do a fundraiser for their school. So we drove down to their local village coffee shop, stopped in for a hot drink, and purchased a scarecrow trail map. The donation covered the map and a little Halloween sweet for the kids.

Then off we set on foot around the neighbourhood. The trail did a circular loop through most of the residential area and up some pretty steep residential roads, as the village high street is in a valley, and the village is built up from there up the hills on either side. The backend of the trail took us through some lovely woodland that also appears to have been the setting for a family fun run a few weeks prior as we found an old poster that they forgot to take down. There were some really imaginative creations on the trail with a lot of effort put in by the residents 💗 The kids were able to let off some steam and get rid of their energy in the woods, albeit it was quite slippery from the recent rainfalls.

My eldest's favourite was 'The Beekeeper'. We came across this scarecrow near the end of the trail. The lady who lives in the house is a beekeeper and bottles the honey from her hives. Of course, my boys saw her sign and wanted to buy a jar! I'm always happy to support local small businesses, so my 10 year old popped down to her front door and rang the bell, handed over the cash, and the deal was done. We came home, one jar of honey heavier, £7 cash lighter lol. I am the only vegan in our home, so I won't have any, but the boys have enjoyed it on toast and cereal already. Apparently, it came 6th in a contest out of 50 odd beekeepers.

Hubby, our youngest, and I all loved 'ET and Elliot' the most! Although it was close for me between that and 'UP' (see the last pic!)

Here are a few of the others that made the shortlist ...

We finished off the day by stopping in at the shops and buying the kids a large pumpkin each for carving this weekend.

We had planned to go to a Pumpkin Farm to pick our own pumpkins, but the allure of the scarecrows for the kids was too much to pass up.

I hope you enjoyed this little walk with us for @tattoodjay 's weekly Wednesday Walk.