Swannington Hokey Cokey, 19 January 2014

This week, choose your own captions...

Swanning Around the Soar, Sunday 5 January

New Year's Resolutions were fully in effect as a fair-sized posse of ramblers 'n'amblers turned up outside Loughborough railway station.  This being the site of the very first Thomas Cook outing, composed of a temperance gathering, naturally enough we were heading off to the pub.  

Of course, there was a decent walk on the way, past flooded meadows and over rushing weirs. The unusual treat of a proper pub lunch was followed by a merry wander back to the start, past the many swans, and on to another nice watering hole by the canal.  Well, it's good to know that we've got our priorities sorted...