Monday 1st July
The year is halfway through…
Kate drove Maureen and me out to Illston. We walked 5 miles, past Illston Grange, along the route of the Roman Road (Gartree Road).
This bridleway is very rutted by heavy farm traffic, and the mud has dried hard. It was made more difficult by overgrown bushes and brambles this year. The track takes us downhill through a wooded section to the ford, crossed by a bridge.
Soon after this we take the signposted footpath
slightly uphill across the fields to Kings Norton,
where the church is being repaired,
and we had a snack break.
Along the road to Gaulby, into the church,
which was open, then down Front Street and the road back to Illston.
We decided not to take the field and woodland track past Ashlands and continued along the quiet road back to Illston.
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