Friday 13th November 2013.Walk around the outskirts of Cosby.Approx 6.2 miles.

"Checked the blog and Willie (in Oz) has got all the sun"

Thirteen of us met for a walk around the fields of Cosby. Walking out of the village on the road towards Narborourgh we turned left just before the Littlethorpe sign heading off towards Croft Road.

In some cases because the fields were quite wet in parts we simply walked round the edges; this spread the party out quite a bit.

Cosby is surrounded by farms and walkers do appreciate the help from farmers in keeping paths marked and clear  of  obstacles.

Crossing over Croft Road we headed off in the direction of Broughton Astley. At the top of the hill we turned left towards Broughton Road.

Remember this style?

At Broughton Road we turned into the village to our local cafe Cranny in the Nook for coffee/tea/cake and a chat.

Enjoying a cuppa

Having arrived back in the village some of the walkers thought that was it for the day but no - we'd only covered half the walk! As shown on the map above, our walk was in the form of a figure of eight.  Leaving the village on the Broughton Road we turned left into Chapel Lane and headed out towards the fields next to the golf course.

Then over the golf course for a short distance and out over the old railway bridge.

We headed towards Shuttleworth Lane after the foot bridge then turned right back towards the village.

Down Shuttleworth Lane back to Cosby.

See you all next week.