The Elms (Not a Pub!)

By Phil

Countesthorpe, 22nd January 2023 Leader: Kathy Kilsby Kathy led this sub-seven mile walk starting from The Elms (///tender.zeal.edits) in Countesthorpe. Some of our members thought it was a new pub but it is in fact a cul-de-sac (originally an 18th century anatomical (French) term that literally means ‘bottom of a sack’) From The Elms, Kathy…

The Cock and Bull Walk

By Phil

Cock & Bull Walk Download the GPX file A cock and bull story is a fanciful, unlikely story. The Cock Inn and the Bull Inn, both in Stony Stratford, are believed to be the source of the phrase. On this walk we take in The Cock Inn at Peatling Magna and The Bull’s Head in…

Countesthorpe

By Phil

17 miles: Yes! 17 miles! Janet Long took two of us on a “short” walk from Fleckney! Along the canal past Newton Harcourt, past The Navigation, into South Wigston, through Blaby, down the map to Countesthorpe and then on to Kilby before returning home!