Boat Festival

By Phil

🚶‍♀️⚓ Boats, Barges & a Brilliant Walk 🚶‍♂️🍦 2025 Waterway FestivalFoxton and Market HarboroughSaturday 7th June and Sunday 8th June Celebrating the 75th anniversary of the 1950IWA Festival of Boats and Arts held in Market HarboroughTo be based at Foxton with a cavalcade toMarket Harborough on the SaturdayFeaturing historic and private boats,floating traders, land based…

Kathy’s Leire

By Phil

Kathy’s Leire Leire, Frolesworth, Claybrooke Magna, Ullesthorpe After driving to Leire, Kathy started this walk from Oak Avenue in Leire (///safety.cheeses.detective) as there is plenty of space there and it’s close to the start of the walk. Just after the large turning circle on Oak Avenue, we join the Leicestershire Round and head west (turn…

Great Glen Figure-of-Eight

By Phil

Great Glen Figure-of-Eight 19th January, 2025 – by Marmite The Route Marmite was assigned the noble duty of leading this delightfully effortless stroll—a task that will no doubt be performed with great enthusiasm. We kick off with a firm favourite among the Weekday Walkers, making our way to Crane’s Lock. This first leg is a…

Smeeton, Smeeton, Smeeton

By Phil

Smeeton Westerby 5th January, 2025 – by Five-Pints As we step into another grand walking adventure, we set our sights on a roughly 7.5-mile (or a neat 8 miles if you take the Shield detour) circular saunter from Fleckney to Smeeton and beyond. Expect an easy-going trek with one short but cheeky climb, plenty of…

Kilby to Kilby Bridge by Kathy

By Phil

Kathy Kilsby’s Kilby to Kilby Bridge Walk 22nd December, 2024 Some of us hardy foot-sloggers were planning to hike from Fleckney to join this tongue-twister walk at Kilby. However, we decided to travel by car with the option of leaving said car in Kilby and walking back. Anyway, we should have started from the Dog…