Chilworth Gunpowder Mills - part 3 - and final

The three Snappy Friends went back to Chilworth Gunpowder Mills one evening about a week later.  This time we walked in the opposite direction to the route taken on our previous visit.   This actually took us out of the area of the Gunpowder Mills and past Chilworth Manor and the vineyard.   Our route took us over a Packhorse Bridge, which had recently been established to be over 1000 years old.  Sorry, no photo - it looked like a very narrow bridge over the river.




















Can you see the dragon?








As you can see, the light was fading fast, so we quickly walked back the way we had come and popped into the pub for a glass of wine!


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