Monday 19th August, with Harry and Norma. Just over 5.5 miles.
We set off from Illston, taking the footpath opposite Main Street, just across Illston Lane, and heading east.
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| Not the most used path! |
We crossed three fields and followed the path past Barn Farm and The Farm to reach New Inn Lane.
Across the road and a short distance to the right was the entrance to Rolleston Hall Estate. We walked down the avenue of trees, through fields of sheep, and turned right along a private road with no access to vehicles.
This took us past the church, and down hill to the lake.
We stopped to admire the view, then turned back and found a convenient water trough to perch on for a short break.
We rejoined our path, leaving the metalled section shortly after passing a paddock. The path peels off to the left, and heads roughly northwest before turning southwest then west past Cranhill Farm Estate.
On the main road we turned right and almost immediately left on to Ashlands Road, the gated road to Illston.
We took the second footpath/bridleway to the right and followed this. After a shortish distance it crossed the hedge on our left, and we took the path behind a farm and the grand house of Ashlands.
A gate led into a wooded area, where the ground was still quite muddy in a few places.
When we came out of the wood, we turned slightly right to keep the hedge on our right and followed the path through three fields to reach the road between Illston and Gaulby. We turned towards Illston, and something under a mile of road walking brought us back to the village.
A pleasant and varied walk, with about 200 feet of ups and downs. We spotted a swallow, a muntjac and a buzzard while walking.
We had lunch at Buttercups, with its alpacas, goats and various stone and metal beasts.
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