Gotham to Bunny

All the leaves were brown, and the sky was grey...

This walk encapsulated the homes of many a famous person from Batman to Peter Rabbit, and Batman met Robin in Ruddington en route (according to local legend). The walkers met early, keen for a good start at the Sun Inn in Gotham.  We set off and had an quick tea break, then onwards we marched to Bunny where we encountered Flopsy, Mopsy, Cotton-tail & Peter.  Next stop was Ruddington and we entered Rushcliffe Country Park and ate lunch watching the birds on the lake, filling up a whole line of benches with ramblers in a row. 

..but we went for a walk, on a winter's day.

After lunch we continued through the park and saw some creative animal wooden sculptures ranging from animal totems to swans, dragonflies & an evil looking snake that several members practised their balance on, much to everyone’s amusement.  We were making good time rambling by various railway tracks, the dyke and fields and we were soon back to the pub for a nice pint at the end.  Despite the cold weather the walk was a good stomp through the British countryside.

To Barrow & Back

Another branch line

Rambler escape vehicles in training

It was a windy walk, meeting at platform 9 and ¾ at Loughborough Railway Station; some new members came back for more, even for a walk of 12 miles. So we all set off taking in views of wide open fields. Through a small woodland and ending up in Hoton, then onwards to Prestwold. Walking through a yew avenue to the church where we sheltered from the wind to munch our sarnies. Seeing the first sign of spring on the way with snowdrops in a corner, being early by two weeks!




Over to Walton on the Wolds where we were honoured to meet Julius Caesar on the edge of a footpath. After much hilarity taking photos we marched onto Barrow where we had our first pub stop.  Catching a breath before walking again - taking in the lovely scenery of the towpath all the way from Barrow to another pub at Loughborough.

En route to pubs 1 and 2!

Newtown Linford walk for New Members (lots of ‘em!!!)

Reservoir  Bobbles

New members – or new people we hope will become members – came along to join our walk around  took to joining LRWG on our walk around Groby Pool, Anstey and Switherland Reservoir on the 15th of January.  It was a great success with about half of the thirty-strong turn-out being new faces!  The walk was 8 miles, taking in some lovely landscapes; a particular favourite was Bradgate Park, with the deer and the ruins of Lady Jane Grey’s house. The weather was a little on the cool side but we had sunshine, making for some fantastic photos towards the end of the walk at Groby Pool of swans, cygnets and Canadian geese ice skating on the pool (Swan Lake?).

You're on thin ice, Ducky