A Walk through the woods to Braunschweig Airport.

The I had a really interesting stroll today when Janet and I walked through the Querum woods to Braunschweig Airport.   We came across this interesting wooden fence, complete with little people,  near a garden which contained a  ginko tree, a very unusual sight.  As we entered the wood, two enormous stonecarved faces greeted us, one of which appears here.  There was no explanation as to their significance, and they  were  certainly not  "Green Men" the pagan men of the woods.  If anyone knows their significance, please let me know.

We walked a very straight path, which had been the former road into the Airport, went through the  car park and onto the Terrace (built  during the National Socialist era) where we watched the planes take off and land.  In the far distance gliders were being towed into the air and later the splendid Executive Jet  taxied passed  and took off.  The airport is used for private flights,  and VW use the airport to transport their staff to Moscow, Posnan, Stuttgart, Prague and Ingolstadt.  Skoda and Audi are part of the VW groups. 

We walked back with a dark,  threatening sky, but fortunately not a drop of rain fell.   A cuppa and peach cake went down well for tea, and I had a lift home to Timmerlah with Janet's younger son Simon, who lives just around the corner from me.  A smashing day, walk, plane spotting, peach cake, company, chat, cuppa and lift home!