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 For Easter weekend with two extra days off work we have two photos to puzzle over.      One is easy and the other more difficult. Where and when did this group of walkers play hide and seek amongst the statues?                                                                                                                                                                 Secondly, a bit more difficult, where is this waterfall?                                                                                                                                                                             The answer to the bridge photo was Stedham Bridge, not too far away.  A Grade II listed building, built in the 17th Century. Not one of the local bridges built by the monks of Durford Abbey - they had been closed down by Henry VIII a century earlier.

The Ramblers Association  have published advice which you may find helpful:- Ramblers Advice    It's very good on advice about not touching gates or stiles but only suggests you wash your hands when you get home. Not a lot of good if you have already touched anything else since, particularly your face. Please use hand gel IMMEDIATELY if you contact ANYTHING that may have been recently touched by someone outside your immediate household, should soap and water not be available. 

The last picture puzzle was much too easy so here's something a little more difficult.  This bridge looks so familiar but just not that easy to say where it is. The style looks very familiar for our area. Perhaps it is one of the three bridges built by the monks of nearby Durford Abbey in the 16th Century.The answer to the last quiz photo - who was that girl? Dell boy's girlfriend was of course June. Where had he taken her?  The clues were on the side of the van - it was either New York, Paris or Porlock. Surprisingly enough it was actually Porlock Weir, taken on a walking holiday in Exmoor, 2005.

So who is Dell boy's new girlfriend - and where has he taken her to?  Bonus points if you know the year.  Thanks Janet and Marian for the photos.     Answer to the last quiz is of course the legendary ever-ready man from Cocking, young Jeff.  For your amusement, no need to name the seagull but please remember gulls will do almost anything for some chips by the seaside.     Lastly, please send any puzzling photos  that might just amuse walkers  with too much time on their hands.

As the last photo was tricky to solve, here's an easier one. One of our members is ready to go shopping - who would be so well equipped?                                                         The answer to the last one was the bridge over the railway at the end of Tankerdale Lane, which runs through Petersfield golf course. Map below should help to place it - it's less than 2 miles from Petersfield town centre.  Strangely only one member (Denis) realised where it was - and when he was last there, there wasn't even a bridge, just a level pedestrian crossing over the London/Portsmouth railway line. Apparently it was a good place to put a penny on the rails to see if the train would flatten it.  Best approached from Stodham Wood.