Today we were meeting at Mowsley, walking to Gumley. We'd arranged to have our break at The Bell at Gumley but on the way to Mowsley we had a call from the Bell saying that they had the decorators in and, on reflection, would be struggling to accommodate twenty plus of us walkers. Change of plan, walk to Gumley come straight back and head off to Cherry Lane the garden centre near Countesthorpe for refreshments.
Before setting off someone mentioned that it was their birthday that very day. Cue for happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you etc etc etc. Mowsley won't forget the day in November 2019 when the Cosby Walkers came to visit!
Time to get a move on.
Out into the countryside. Bit on the grey side but being well wrapped up it wasn't a problem.
Couple of horses with riders passed us going down the lane.
Those horses came this way too.
The centre of Laughton and the Queen Victoria tree planted when she was crowned Queen of England.
A discussion on a couple of helicopters that were buzzing about.
Good views of the surrounding countryside from up here. Saddington reservoir in the distance.
Not far from Gumley cricket club and where we had decided to turn around.
We stopped at the memorial commemorating the world wars. It was good to see how well kept it was.
On our return walk.
A bit on the chilly side, coats and woolly jumpers just the job!
Countryside on the approach to winter, still plenty of leaves and berries around.
Leaving the farm behind we dropped down the hill outside of Laughton then the slight climb back into Mowsley.
Back at the cars, there were cakes galore from the birthday girl.
And off to Cherry Lane for drinks. Thank you all.
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