24/10/2025 Walking from Blaby to Kings Lock Cafe.

 

Autumn definitely on its way.

    

Beautiful day FOR A WALK ALONG THE GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY.
                                        

The Soar running along side the Canal.                                        

                                        

Photographer at large.

Thought better of it and went back.

Over the bridge and on to KINGS LOCK cafe.

All ordered just waiting fo our drinks etc.

Thats better warming drinks all roun.

The return walk took in the canal back to Blaby.

The canal had been drained because of the shortage of water. Unfortunately a lot of water dwellers were caught out in the evacuation.

Back to our starting point.

Fresh painting this morning vandalised two hour later.

Fortunately this master vandal had permission from his dad who owned the building.

17/10/25 Botanical Gardens and the Leisure Centre.

 Just an amble or two this morning to take in a little bit of nostalgia.   Remember when you brought the kids here for the day out to let off   steam?  

Our first call was the University of Leicester Harold Martin Botanic Gardens with lots of interesting plants and gardens 

The the trees are turning at the moment - from greens to browns, reds and yellows as autumn kicks in for 2025.

Carpets of yellow leaves cascading from the trees.

A reminder that Christmas and winter are not far away.

Everybody enjoying the walk.

                                             

These pillars are not wide enough so let's move them a bit.

Good selection of carp in the fish pond.

Trying to get that really good shot.

Not a whale - it's a bell.

Possibly the ugliest carp with a dead pan face.

Autumn colours galore.

Somebody let the white liner man in on his day off. Maybe practicing for the next set of round-abouts?

School's out on a nature ramble.

So where to next ?

Pans People !!!

                       

A weather vane and wind direction indicator.

Fungi close up.

And here it is - honey fungi.

An imposing building from the 19th century.

  The gardens surround several Edwardian era houses 

 

More interesting parts of the gardens.

A spiral from the natural world.

After our walk around the Botanical Gardens we went for coffee and tea at Brocks Hill Country Park which was only ten minutes drive away.

Too many carrots?

After a nice leisurely break we went for an amble around Brocks Hill Woods.

Lack of time left on parking meters caused a break away group to hot foot it back to the car park.

Needless to say we'll return to finish the walk some time.

See you all next week.