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Saddington, Mowsley, Laughton, Gumley Leader: John Broadhead 10th November 2024 As usual, we met at Fleckney village car park (///loses.always.huts) by 9.30 a.m. for this local walk. We embarked on a delightful adventure, starting from the car park and meandering towards the quaint village of Saddington. We began our journey by traversing the Persimmon estate,…
15th September 2024: Keeping it local, this is a stitching together of sections of previous local walks. Challenging in parts, but mainly easy-going. There is a 7 mile option and a 9.5 mile option. Also, there is a choice of one or two pub stops!
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.
The last walk of the year was a bit of an adventure with fallen trees and mystery paths, culminating in food, drinks, and entertainment.
Laughton by Road Laughton by Road Map Download the GPX file This is an easy, mainly road-based walk of just over 7 miles from Fleckney to Laughton and back. There are no stiles, some minor undulation, and only one muddy patch. From Fleckney we carefully walk along the pavement, if you can call it that,…
Sheila led us from the allotments in Saddington along the Leicestershire Round down past Manor Farm and up to Smeeton Gorse and you come out onto Debdale Lane just before Gumley.
Marston from Fleckney With the lockdown still in force, and being a vulnerable person, I have not been walking as regularly as I would like. I really wanted to do Deb’s Marston Trussell to Lubenham walk but driving to a destination to start a walk is being frowned upon, quite rightly. Deb’s walk includes quite…
This walk starts from Fleckney, heads through Saddington, over to Laughton, touching on Gumley, and back through Saddington to Fleckney.
7.5 miles: This local walk is lovely – when the weather permits! From Fleckney head through Saddington, across fields to Mowsley, across more fields through Saddington Lodge Farm and then even more fields back to Fleckney.
