{"id":11250,"date":"2025-08-30T15:06:41","date_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/?p=11250"},"modified":"2025-08-30T15:49:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T14:49:49","slug":"summerwalks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/2025\/summerwalks\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Super Soroptimist Summer Walks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With no Club meetings in August Barbara from the Club&#8217;s People Team and Helen from the Planet Team arranged two super walks for people to join if they were around.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-SISTA-Leavesden-walk-Barbara-Jane-Sarah.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-11251\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-SISTA-Leavesden-walk-Barbara-Jane-Sarah-219x300.jpg\" alt=\"232-Woodoaks Farm walk - Janet Helen Anna\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-SISTA-Leavesden-walk-Barbara-Jane-Sarah-219x300.jpg 219w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/232-SISTA-Leavesden-walk-Barbara-Jane-Sarah.jpg 746w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a>On Wednesday 20 August Barbara, Sarah and Jane explored Leavesden Country Park. The Country Park itself, was home to the &#8216;Leavesden Asylum for Idiots and Imbeciles&#8217; built in 1867. They walked up to East Lane Cemetery quietly remembering those who had died in the asylum. Across the other side of Leavesden road they viewed the many different sculptures on the &#8220;Heritage Trail&#8221; recognising the history of the area, including aircraft engineering, the film industry and the mental institution. Click here for more about the park <a href=\"https:\/\/www.threerivers.gov.uk\/services\/leisure-parks-culture\/parks-open-spaces\/leavesden-country-park\">https:\/\/www.threerivers.gov.uk\/services\/leisure-parks-culture\/parks-open-spaces\/leavesden-country-park<\/a> and click on the tabs for History and Restoration and the Heritage Trail. There is an excellent indoor caf\u00e9 there so the three Soroptimists were well refreshed before and after the walk! They are pictured in front of the intricate carving depicting two aviation crew shaking hands, the &#8220;Leavesden Spirit&#8221;. There is a poem carved into the base which tells the evocative story of the closing of the Rolls Royce Factory.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-11252 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-300x117.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Woodoaks Farm walk - Janet Helen Anna\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-300x117.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/233-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>A week later, Helen, Anna, Janet and Jane enjoyed a walk around Woodoaks organic farm at Maple Cross &#8211; there is lots of information on their website <a href=\"https:\/\/woodoaksfarm.com\/\">https:\/\/woodoaksfarm.com\/<\/a>. The <a href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-Jane.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-11253\" src=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-Jane-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"SISTA Woodoaks Farm walk - Janet Helen Anna Jane\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-Jane-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/st-albans-and-district\/files\/234-Woodoaks-Farm-walk-Janet-Helen-Anna-Jane.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a>public are encouraged to walk the paths the fields and explore the farm. With a lovely caf\u00e9 there too it is perfect for visitors.\u00a0 The group decided to have lunch first at the Cricket Pavilion Caf\u00e9 in Chorleywood which is run by Mission Employable \u00a0a social enterprise charity. They have a team of interns with learning disabilities and give them the skills and confidence to find paid work <a href=\"https:\/\/www.missionemployable.co.uk\/cafe.php\">https:\/\/www.missionemployable.co.uk\/cafe.php<\/a> . A great place to eat with delicious food, dog-friendly with lots of beautiful walks nearby &#8211; well worth a visit.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With no Club meetings in August Barbara from the Club&#8217;s People Team and Helen from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":11253,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[12,60,11,206,399,13,111,99],"class_list":["post-11250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-club-news","tag-soroptimist","tag-soroptimist-international","tag-st-albans","tag-st-albans-and-district","tag-sustainable-st-albans","tag-women","tag-womens-group","tag-womens-organisation"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Two Super Soroptimist Summer Walks | News | Blog | Events | SI St Albans and District<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI St Albans and District : Blog &amp; News : Two Super Soroptimist Summer Walks : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI St Albans and District . 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