Leicestershire Short Walks – 32
Markfield – Newtown Linford 5 miles (8km) Ulverscroft Mill © Copyright Ashley Dace http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/3445357 Route Hilly,...
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A little bit about what's going on at the LFA.
Below is a series of stories and notices about how we are enjoying the benefits of Leicestershire's footpaths and protecting their integrity along the way.
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andythomson.we
Jul 31, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 31
Bagworth (Markfield) Thornton 3 or 6 miles (5 or 9km) Holy Rood Church at Bagworth © Copyright Trevor Rickard http://www.geograph.org.uk/...
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andythomson.we
Jul 24, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 30
Nailstone – Bagworth – Barlestone 5 miles (8km) The Nut & Squirrel Nailstone © Copyright Mat Fascione http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/54...
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andythomson.we
Jul 17, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 29
Carlton – Shackerstone – Odstone – Barton in the Beans 5 miles (8km) Shackerstone station and the closed footpath bridge Easy walking in...
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andythomson.we
Jul 10, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 28
Market Bosworth – Carlton 5 miles (8km) Market Bosworth Hall The outward section (on the Leicestershire Round) takes you across beautiful...
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andythomson.we
Jul 3, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 27
Sutton Cheney – Market Bosworth 4 miles (6km) St James, Sutton Cheney © Copyright John Salmon http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/388066...
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andythomson.we
Jun 26, 20151 min read
Leicestershire Short Walks – 26
Sutton Cheney – Sutton Wharf – Bosworth Battlefield 5 miles (8km) Boat on the Ashby canal Nice wide views in gently undulating...
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andythomson.we
Feb 13, 20151 min read
Walk 7 Ashby Folville and Twyford
Beautiful Leicestershire! Hills and fields, a pleasant meandering stream (Gaddesby Brook), two pretty villages and a lovely church in...
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andythomson.we
Feb 6, 20151 min read
Walk 6 Gaddesby and Ashby Folville
Carington Arms – Ashby Folville In Gaddesby visit the church to see the Colonel Cheney monument. Note the date stones on Harewell...
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andythomson.we
Jan 30, 20151 min read
Walk 5 Hoby and Gaddesby
The River Wreake winds very prettily by Hoby and Brooksby. Rotherby village has pretty houses, an interesting church, the city...
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andythomson.we
Dec 25, 20144 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 3
Zouch – Castle Donington 14.5 miles (23 km) WARNING After a wet few weeks I just managed to get through on this walk, there are sections...
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andythomson.we
Dec 19, 20144 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 2
Upper Broughton – Zouch 15 miles (24.5 km) This section starts at Upper Broughton LE14 3BQ in Nottinghamshire and spends much of the...
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andythomson.we
Dec 13, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 1
Bottesford – Upper Broughton 14 miles (23 km) Although this is section one of the Leicestershire Border Walk there is no necessity to...
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andythomson.we
Dec 9, 20145 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 15
Buckminster – Bottesford 17 miles (27 km) This walk can be based on Melton Mowbray by taking the 9.45 bus 55 towards Grantham which will...
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andythomson.we
Dec 4, 20145 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 14
Burton Lazars – Buckminster 14 miles (22.5 km) The easy option for this section was to take the car to Buckminster then the bus to...
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andythomson.we
Nov 28, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 13
East Norton – Burton Lazars 15 miles (24.5 km) I dropped off the 747 at the shelter on the A47, not too convenient for the residents of...
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andythomson.we
Nov 21, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 12
Bringhurst – East Norton 11 miles (18 km) East Norton todays destination Initially taking the road south from Bringhurst we soon enter a...
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andythomson.we
Nov 14, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 11
Lubenham – Bringhurst 12 miles (19 km) I had extended section 10 to finish on Leicester Road (B6047) so it was easy this time to do total...
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andythomson.we
Nov 7, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 10
North Kilworth – Lubenham 10 miles (16km) Total bus again today, the X3 from Leicester to Market Harborough then 58B to Lutterworth...
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andythomson.we
Oct 30, 20143 min read
Leicestershire Border Walk – part 9
Cotesbach – North Kilworth 14 miles (23km) I parked in the pleasant back lanes of North Kilworth on a road named ‘Along the Bottoms’...
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