and occasionally rides a bike.
A word of warning. The walk descriptions are not detailed enough to guide you - please take a map. The batteries never run out, and you always have a signal. Oh, And don't take left or right as gospel!

Saturday, October 9, 2021

By bike to Eyebrook

 Saturday 09 October 2021 with Harry. 12 miles.

Gretton to Lyddington, up the hill to A 6003, then down to Stoke Dry and along the road round Eyebrook to Great Easton.








We returned via Caldecott and Mill Road, 



finishing

off with the Station Road hill into Gretton.

Gretton to Bulwick

 Thursday 07 October 2021.  With Maureen, Eddie and Harry. 11 miles, and we didn’t dawdle.

Out via the track and to Kirby Hall,



then the footpath to Deene. 

Close to Deene village Hall we took the path past the teapot, erected in memory of the Brudenell parents, then through the overgrown swamp and across the A43.

A welcome stop for an excellent coffee at The Pickled Village in Bulwick, 



and back via Harringworth Lodge. 



Fine views over the valley


By bike round the Welland Valley

 Gretton to Thorpe by Water to Harringworth, and back to Gretton. 7 miles - a pootle.




Gretton to Rockingham and back via Caldecott.

 Tuesday 05 October 2021. With Marta. 9 miles.

We took the path which crosses the railway line near Corby Tunnel, 


The valley was looking moody, but we had no more than a sprinkling of rain while we were out.

We stopped for a coffee at Rockingham tea-shop, then followed out usual route along the Jurassic Way   then to Caldecott and across the valley floor by the Welland, returning to Gretton by Mill Road and Station Road.



Monday 04 October, with Maureen and Harry.  8 miles.

A walk from Kingswood to Newton Dovecote Buttery and back, via Great Oakley.