Meeting up at the Burbage Visitor Centre it was suggested that we had a group photo before we set off on our walk to Elmsthorpe.
Unfortunately, due to the amount of rain that has fallen over the last month or so it is quite impossible to walk across fields at the moment.
Finding hard surfaces means walking along single track roads where there's not so much traffic and hopefully you're less likely to come across a flood.
Of course there will be the occasional puddle.
Weather was predicted to be fine in the morning and damp in the afternoon.
The railway track, Leicester to Birmingham and all stops in between.
This tree has featured before on our blog. It's still as dead now as it was then.
Can be very wet in certain parts of the fields.
Closer to Elmsthorpe we passed by several horse riding establishments.
More water.
The guard dog on these premises seemed to do a lot of posing but I don't think getting too close would be wise.
At the turn around point, just 2 miles and a bit so it's two miles and a bit back.
Past the guard dog (still posing).
An interesting selfie.
Tree is still dead.
We stopped at the farm shop and some bought bits and bobs to take home.
Smiles all round on our way for a cuppa and only a mile or so to go.
This is a pile of manure, slightly smelly and a rich chocolate brown colour - definitely the stuff for keeping soil in tip top condition.
Trying for that elusive railway shot, but as usual not a train in sight.
Rubbish accumulating under a hedge and clogging up a flooded ditch. Not very good at all.
Not a pleasure lake - no, another flooded field.
Wonder where we will be walking to next week. Perhaps we could get a boat out and do some rowing - that would be different.
A cafe with cakes would have to be close by. Is it jam first or cream first?
Well, the weather held up and luckily it was dry all morning.
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