Our planned walk at Belton House had to be cancelled due to the weather conditions.
Belton House, parkland and formal gardens had all been closed due to high winds of approximately 50 plus miles per hour.
We will try again next year.
There was a change of destination parking at Markfield Road car park at Ratby we set off for Forest Hills Golf club via Matinshaw Woods and Burrough Woods.
Quite a bright start though the wind lowered the the temperature somewhat.
07:1
Well it is red nose day !!!!
Leaving the car park.
This lovely large ancient woodland can be traced back to at least the 13th century and perhaps even as far as the Domesday Book (1085-86) where it may have been one of the woods listed under the ownership of the Manor of Groby.
There is an abundance of tree, plant, fungi and bird species, with a diverse range of habitats and archaeological features. There is an extensive path network which links to nearby woods.
Pear Tree Wood was created in 1997 to connect nearby Burrough Wood and Martinshaw Wood. Although planted with essentially a mix of native broad-leaved trees, conifers in the northern section blend into those at Martinshaw Wood, to encourage the movement of pine-loving wildlife, particularly moths.
Heading down through Burrough Wood. Will be back soon to see the blue bells here.
A rescue under way, a toad had fallen asleep on the pavement so he was relocated to a place where any passing cyclists wouldn't inadvertently squash him.
A much safer place.
Our good deed done for the day we headed on to the golf course and manicured grass rather than Mother Nature's informal setting.
A welcome cuppa and change into something cooler as it was a lot warmer in the Club House than outside.
Break over we set off back.
A bit of re grouping while we waited for golfers to go down the fairways that we were about to walk over. The public path went straight across the golf course.
Leaving the golf course area back into the woods.
Silver Birch always look amazing in a winter garden.
We agreed that most plants are a good week to two ahead this year.
About another half a mile to the car park.
After the initial disappointment of our cancelled daffodil walk we all seemed to enjoy our day.
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