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century. Time not sufficing to seek out the parish clerk and 
examine the interior of the church, which contains some ancient 
ironwork, and the bracket near the pulpit, wherein olden days of 
long sermons the hour glass stood, a retreat was made for Ashcot 
station, one and a quarter mile distant, and the party soon found 
themselves back in Bath after a healthy day’s outing and 
pleasurable excursion. 
Brockley Combe and Congresbury. _The first of the four regular 
excursions arranged for the year took place on Tuesday, May 9th, 
although the second in date, a bye-excursion to Shapwick moor 
and Meare, having been enjoyed previously. The largest attend- 
ance of members on record took part in this truly enjoyable 
occasion, 21 members starting by the 9 a.m. train to Nailsea, on 
a pedestrian journey to Brockley Combe, and over Wrington 
Warren and King’s Wood to the hospitable mansion of Col. W. 
Long, a second party of 20 taking the later train at 10.18 a.m. to 
Yatton and Congresbury, in order to reach the same goal, 
Woodlands. The pedestrian party by the early train, arriving 
punctually at Nailsea, started over the fields for Brockley Combe, 
taking “en route” the Chalvey pumping station of the Bristol 
Water-works, where the superintendent courteously allowed the 
party to view the magnificent steam pumping engine, which forces 
the water of the vale up to the great reservoir at Barrow. 
Proceeding onwards by Brockley Elms and the Court, now empty, 
and let out for flower shows, picnics, &c., the club’s host for the 
day, Col. William Long, met the*nembers of the Field Club at 
the entrance'of Brockley Conibé, and up a steep path to the right 
through the wood,'soon brought’them to the quaint and ancient 
lime trees, 15 in number, overhanging Brockley deer park. These 
extraordinary trees have far smaller leaves than the ordinary 
lindens of our country, and are confidently reckoned to be from 
400 to 500 years old. So little are they known by the natives 
that a stranger seeking for them would receive little guidance or 
aid in his search from those living near. The trees are unlike in 
