A.G.M 2024

By Phil

Annual General Meeting Band Hall 26th January, 2024 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The Fleckney Walking Club Annual General Meeting will be held at Fleckney Band Hall on Friday, 26th January from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. Please feel free to join us for an hour to plan the walks and other stuff for 2024.…

An Outdooractive Experiment

By Phil

Outdoor Experiment I have just thrown this page together to try out a few of the things one can do with Outdooractive. Before spending a lot of time adding detail to the recorded map data, I have just thrown the route and some photos at the Outdooractive app to see what the result would look…

What’s in your rucksack?

By Phil

What’s in your Rucksack? I’m often asked about the stuff I tend to carry in my rucksack. So, as I’ve just got myself a new one, I thought I’d spread the contents out and take a photo. This is the result! 1. Waterproof Jacket2. Walking poles3. Picnic blanket4. Hip flask5. Monocular6. Napkins7. Waterproof trousers8. Woolly…

The Bluebell Walk

By Phil

One of the loveliest walks of the year is the Bluebell Walk. This walk was no exception and, as you can see, there were blue carpets everywhere.

Smeeton Post Mill

By Phil

Header image by lapping from Pixabay Leicester Chronicle, 5th September, 1829 Since moving to Fleckney I have been out walking the many footpaths, bridleways, and tracks. One of the latter is, of course, the one leading from Kibworth Road to Smeeton Westerby. Mill Lane was so named because there was once a mill somewhere in…

Welcome Walk

By Phil

It is always nice to welcome new walkers to the club and so we devised a short local walk and invited folk to come and join us to see what we are all about.

Deb’s Ancestor Walk

By Phil

Deb’s Ancestor Walk We had a nice family history lesson from our leader as many of her family lived along the route. Download GPX File We headed over to Foxton and parked up in a little lay-by (///breaches.closed.icicles) near St. Andrew’s Church and The Black Horse. The walk is a smidgen under 7 miles with…

Merlin Bird ID

By Phil

It’s not often I rave about an “APP” but I make an exception for Merlin Bird ID. Merlin Bird ID is completely free and it can help you with your bird-spotting in different ways. Answer three questions for a list of possible answers, take a look at pictures of birds, or do what I do…