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.