Beating the Bounds bonanza!

I haven't been beating the bounds of the Lammas lands of the Leyton Marches for several years, but the weather was nice and I wasn't elsewhere so off I cycled. Arrived in plenty of time to find I'd missed the beginning as the election of the thanes had already taken place. Then discovered the 2.15 walk I had been aiming for was the Walthamstow Marches beating the bounds, this was the Leyton Marches one. As I was there and Leyton is after all where I live I decided to go on that one. Here we are being warned of the dangers of giant hogweed:

But then I found that part of the route would not be suitable for a bike (over a fence and along a right of way through the paddock of the riding stable) so I went back to join the Walthamstow beating of the bounds. Not as much fun as the Leyton one - no electing thanes, no bouncing of children upside down on suitable boundary markers - even though we had a small child to use!) but I enjoyed the walk in some lovely weather. Only two people I knew, Laurence and Adrian, both of whom I'd last seen at a 65th birthday party only last weekend. Here is me before we beat the waters of the Lea Navigation. We then strip the wands of the ribbons and toss them into the Navigation. In the background is the temporary (we hope) basketball practice court they've built on Leyton Marsh. Even if they keep their promises and return the land to us, it is a dangerous precedent.

As well as the two groups beating the bounds of the Lammas lands, there was a group from St Saviours Church beating their parish boundaries, so at one point there were 3 groups on the marshes!