Leicestershire Round -
2008
Day two - Saturday March 22nd
"The round has become a
well-used and popular path, that has distinctive signposts and way markers that
clearly show the way ahead." (Leics
County Council booklet - The Leicestershire Round)
What a fantastic place to stay, situated with its campsite adjoining the
green-lane track of the old Fosseway, running for 1.5 miles before becoming a
gravel track on the way to Sharnford. We had a good breakfast before preparing
to start day two walk. The hosts' 6 year old daughter, Ellie gave Joseph a cream egg
for Easter.
There were light snow showers as we walked but nothing like the 5 - 6 inches
that the forecasters had been talking of.
Our walk took us through Fosse Meadows, through Sharnford and our second
motorway crossing over the M69 near Aston Flamville and on through Burbage
Common and woods.
We were quite sheltered from the
strong winds and occasional snow flurries as we took the path through the woods
and we enjoyed the contrasting signs of spring where Wood Anenomes and Wild
Angelica grew in abundance. We took a short break in May's tearoom on the
common, a tiny but delightful place to stop and chat with other walkers and
stock up on some of the many sweet delights on offer there. An interesting
section of the walk this one, a mixture of public areas such as Fosse Meadows
and Burbage Common where dog walkers abound and more remote field areas which we
had to ourselves.
We also walked through urban
areas such as Barwell with a really curious section going through an industrial
estate, past Windy Corner motorcycles where we paused awhile to admire the
Triumph Bonnevilles. Beyond Barwell and we
were into canal country heading for Sutton Wharf where I shouted to a passing
narrowboat to ask the driver what speed he was going. "About 6mph"
came the reply and Joseph and I took up the challenge and raced him much to the
amusement of the boats passengers.
A short walk past historical Ambion Hill
and woods and into Sutton Cheney where we spent a particularly pleasant evening
in the Hercules pub before kindly being picked up by the host of our second
nights accommodation.
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