Tugby, Glooston, Goadby, Rolleston
by John B
For this walk, we head to Tugby, about 11 miles (or £2.20) from Fleckney. We are aiming to park up in Main Street (///gasping.political.mice) as there is usually plenty of space there.
From Tugby, we initially head southwest along Main Street until there is no more Main Street. There is a wooden gate through which, when opened, leads on to a bridleway. After a tenth of a mile, there is a fork in the path — not one to eat with or dig with — take the left one and head due south and past Lake Home Farm. Then it’s an “igam ogam”, as we say in Wales, but as we’re not there, it’s a zig-zag via a left on Palmer’s Lane, and a right through a metal gate just before the bend in the road.
The bridleway heads due south until it exits onto Horse Hill. We turn left onto this narrow country lane and follow it until we meet a cattle grid. With luck, there should be a gate on the right and a footpath that continues due south until it reaches Glooston Lodge.
We now cross the road and take another bridleway due northwest all the way along to Nosely Hall, where we head north to reach The Avenue. Turn right to head downhill along the road passing Nether Cottages along the way. At the bottom of the hill, turn left onto another bridleway leading northwest up towards Rolleston Hall.
The plan is to turn right before the Hall just after the pond. However, as we are now probably a bit peckish, a short trip into Rolleston to park our bums at the church for a spot of lunch might be in order.
Whatever we decide on the day, we now head slightly north of east along another bridleway to return to Tugby and, of course, the Fox and Hounds for a good natter about the walk, put the world to rights, and have a beverage or two.
Note: The actual route may differ on the day, but it will be around 13 miles with ups, downs, and overs.
TuesDay Walks
These walks are longer than average and range from 8 to 13 miles.
Walks starting from the car park will be at the earlier time of 9:00 a.m.
Information about trips by Bus will be posted on the website and the WhatsApp group.
Provisionally, walks are planned for alternate Tuesdays.
This list will be updated from time to time.
24th March - Tugby by John
7th April - Welham by John
21st April - Pitsford Water by Phil (bus)
5th May - Tilton by John
19th May - Yelvertoft by John
2nd June - T.B.A.
16th June - Hallaton by John
30th June - T.B.A.
14th July - Derbyshire? by John
28th July - Derbyshire? by John
11th August - T.B.A.
25th August - T.B.A.
8th September - T.B.A.
22nd September - T.B.A.
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