Kilby to Kilby Bridge
Leader: Kathy Kilsby
As usual, we will meet at the village car park (///loses.always.huts) by 9.30 a.m. However, some brave souls intend to walk to Kilby beforehand.
Starting from the Dog and Gun, we mosey down the road a bit and through the kiddie’s playing field onto the footpath leading through a few fields and down to the canal at Spinney Lock. We then follow the canal towpath all the way along to Clifton’s Bridge.
We leave the canal here and head through the fields and over the railway bridge to Cooks Lane. Now it’s a spot of pavement pounding to take us around the bottom end of Wiggy and along the busy Welford Road. We turn right, head north, or go up the map, whichever is your preference, until the roundabout.
Now it’s a wander through the cemetery to exit onto Exmoor Close and, from there, onto Horsewell Lane. We take a left here and head south, wandering past the first turning to Durnford Road, around the bend until the next turning to Durnford Road. We take this road until the junction with Barford Road. This is a cul-de-sac, but there is a footpath and footbridge over the railway line at the far end.
Now, it’s a bit of fieldwork before rejoining the canal at Lock 31. This time, we traverse the towpath in the opposite direction to before and magically end up at Kilby Bridge, our pub stop, The Navigation, and some well-deserved refreshment.
Suitably refreshed, Kathy will take us over the assault course to get us onto the footpath back to Kilby. This involves a short spurt along the side of Welford Road, over a fence or two and through some more fields. There are a couple of stiles along this section but with the thought of extra refreshment at the Dog and Gun they will be easily traversed!
The walk from Kilby is 7 miles, slight undulation, and I am aware of 3 stiles en route. If you start from Fleckney, you can add another 2 miles and 6 stiles, but some of these have died.
General information:
The Fleckney Walking Club meet every other Sunday for a walk of about 6 to 9 miles with a pub stop somewhere along the route.
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We leave Fleckney village car park at 9:30 a.m. (///loses.always.huts).
For these walks you are advised to wear good quality walking boots and carry weatherproof clothing.
We suggest you also bring refreshments as a coffee stop and/or a picnic stop is also usually on the cards.
For those who are car sharing to walks outside of Fleckney, passengers are requested to subsidise their driver by the amount of 20p per mile (one way). For example, if the start of the walk was 10 miles from Fleckney the fee would be 10 x 20p = £2.
If you fancy leading a walk, there are plenty of ideas for walks here.
During the summer months we also have Thursday evening walks of about 4 to 5 miles in length.
These generally start and end at a not-too-distant village pub!
We meet at the village car park, by 7 p.m. (///loses.always.huts).
In the event of a walk being cancelled due to inclement weather (or any other reason) the walk leader will communicate the cancellation to club members by email and be at the start meeting point to advise anyone who turned up regardless.
The annual cost to join the Fleckney Walking Club is £10 (Sundays and Thursdays) or £5 (Thursdays only) payable on your first walk.
You can find The Fleckney Walking Club Group on Facebook. This is a private group but you are welcome to apply to join us.
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