Friday 20th November walking from Attfield's Farm Shop,Whetstone down a few country lanes. approx 4.5miles.

Our walk started at Attfield's Farm Shop on the Countesthorpe Road at Whetstone, and, having asked the owner's permission we parked next to the hen and goose field, a favourite spot for shoppers children. Here, we considered which bird we'd fancy for the Christmas table.

 From Attfields we turned right towards Springwell Lane crossroads and turned right again towards the very busy A426 Leicester to Lutterworth road. After crossing carefully we continued down the lane heading in the direction of The Pet Hotel.

Cats and dogs not welcome at the Pet Hotel?

 The lanes are quiet at this time of the year, only a few cars and horses and of course walkers.

We approached the crossroads between Whetstone Gorse Farm and Whetstone Pastures Farm and turned left up towards Hill Lane.

This lane is only used by tractors and four wheel drive vehicles and, as you can see, is very muddy.

The surrounding scenery is quite stunning.

When we reached Hill Lane we turned right onto Willoughby Road walking in the direction of Willoughby.

It was only a short walk down the road to where we turned right again for the private road to Whetstone Gorse Farm and the caravan site. (Permission had previously been requested from the owner for us to do this.)

 After walking through the farm yard we headed along the lane leading back to Attfield's Farm, about two miles.

Having collected our cars from the farm shop we made our way back to Cosby and Granny Smith's cafe for a welcome cup of coffee/tea and the odd slice of cake, and of course a bit of a natter to round off a very pleasant walk.

15th November 2015 walking from Cosby to Narborough circular route Approx 6 miles.

The weather forecast was atrocious and as the intended walk had not been checked out recently it was assumed that because of the rain we'd had over the last few days it would be rather soggy to say the least, so we decided on terra firma pathways rather than over the fields.

Eighteen walkers turned up so the route was changed slightly in order to end up at a coffee stop that could accommodate the large number.

Everyone was well wrapped up and in good spirits. 

We set off out of Cosby towards Littlethorpe along Cosby Road and then...

.... into Littlethorpe where we turned right down towards Whetstone.

Monkey Puzzle tree bearing fruit

We turned left on to the old Central Railway path, through Spinney Halt heading towards Enderby Road.

The steps at the end of this section of the Central  Railway path led us onto the very busy and noisy Enderby Road/Blaby Road. - a sharp contrast to the calm and quiet pathway we'd enjoyed.  

After passing Whetstone Tip on our right (always busy) we reached the  main Leicester to Coventry road (A46)  where we turned left towards Narborough village.  Our watering hole was the Narborough Arms.

After a good natter and a rest we set off for Littlethorpe.

Not the way to cross a zebra crossing

We soon found ourselves back in Cosby....

.... through Victoria Park and over to the car park at the village hall.

Great to see so many people on a grey, windy day - looking forward to the next walk.

6th November 2015 walking from Broughton Astley to Cosby circular route. app 5.5 miles.

Walk on 6th November 2015

Nine of us met in the Village Hall Car Park and made our way to Broughton Astley where we met three more intrepid walkers. 

 It was a pretty dismal day and we set off to walk to Cosby mainly using Cottage and Shuttleworth Lanes.

Little and large

 As usual, it was an enjoyable walk, although the weather was doing its best to dampen spirits. 

It was about 3½ miles to the centre of Cosby where we went into the cafe for coffee and cake. One of our walkers who we haven't seen for a while was already there to meet us so it was good to catch up with the news.

New life for our telephone box in Cosby

On the outskirts of Cosby we now have a replica of a pinfold with a modern twist, the added garden.  Hopefully, there will be a seat too.

After our break some of our walkers left the group to catch up with other more pressing things.

Back across the fields to Broughton – it was pretty muddy and we did have some cows to contend with in one field, however, they were very docile. 

Another great walk enjoyed by all.