Get your boots on!
… get your boots on!
23rd June 2024: The walk begins at the car park for the Three Crowns Inn. Cross the High Street and walk up Church Street past the Roundhouse. The Roundhouse is actually octagonal and was previously used as the village lock-up (a small gaol) as well as for funeral bier storage. The single-storey building behind it was once the village smithy.
12th May 2024: John Broadhead led us from Fleckney car park, along Main Street, up to the point where the road name becomes Arnesby Road – at the house named Hounds End.
9th June 2024: John and Denise took the lead on this walk and they led us from the cricket ground on Main Street, Gumley, down the road and through the gate into the church wood. We turned left out of the wood and followed The Leicestershire Round over Smeeton Hill and down to the canal feeder.
2nd June 2024: Phil and Martin reconnoitred the route for this walk. Phil’s plan was to head along the canal and through fields to Smeeton Westerby. The best place to join the canal seemed to be at Cranes Lock. This meant a walk through the village up to Leicester Road and then over a couple of fields, across Kibworth Road and over two more fields to reach the canal.
5th May 2024: Kathy’s Bluebell Walk is always a fantastic one. This year was no exception although the weather pushed us back a week and into Easter Sunday. With permission, we parked at the top left of The Plough car park. We then walked along the lane to Burroughs Wood, wandered through the trees among the Bluebells, and then onwards to Martinshaw Woods.
3rd March 2024: Take the Leicestershire Round from Fleckney to Saddingtont then over Smeeton Gorse – yes that big hill! Continue along the Round all the way to Gumley, then pathways to Laughton. Rest, eat, return along paths, bridleways, and road.