Recent Walks and reporting Right of Way issues (below)
21st January: Shorter Walk - Fleckney
A surprisingly good turn out given the weather forecast and the road closure to Fleckney. Nineteen turned out today dressed for the bad weather and in good spirits for the walk ahead. We followed footpaths through Fleckney somewhat shocked by the size of an expanding village. A couple of fields with muddy gateways brought us to Saddington with houses with interesting decorations including the skeleton at 'Loafabout Cottage'. We played a game of seeing how many we could squeeze onto each bench in the church porch and managed a cosy six aside. We set off down Saddington Hill to the canal passing another well decorated house with gnomes, toadstools and snowdrops. A trip along the canal brought us to Millenium Woods where we circumvented a couple of muddy fields and back to Fleckney. Fifteen stayed for lunch at The Old Crown, excellent welcome and service, and meat pies with lashings of gravy! Great walk, great lunch.
21st January: Longer Walk - Langtons
Despite the inclement weather, a commendable group of 13 ramblers gathered in Tur Langton for a walk around the Langtons. It was billed as having a “few stiles” and some “slopes”. Few does not do justice to the actual number of stiles but the slopes were all quite gentle, a total elevation gain of 300 metres. Lunch was enjoyed in the church porch at Church Langton when a decision was taken to shorten the walk slightly. An extremely pleasant walk of 7 miles, the rain was not as heavy as forecast, no muddy fields to cross just sodden paddocks so easy underfoot and excellent company as always.
Reporting issues with Public Rights Of Way
Whether on a KRG led walk or under your own steam you may come across deficiencies in public rights of way. These my include dilapidated stiles, overgrown footpaths, blockages (intentional or otherwise) and a number of other impediments to the enjoyment of the countryside. Members are encouraged to report these to the relevant authorities.
If in Leicestershire you can use their website to report issues with public rights of way
Click here to go to Leicestershire "Report it" page.
If in North or West Northamptonshire issues with public rights of ways can be reported via their "Street Doctor - Fix my Street" service using the 'Rights of Way' report option. Click here to go to the Fix my Street website. To ensure that the reporting system works properly, when you select the category of the problem make sure that you choose 'Rights of Way' rather than 'Footway/Footpath'.
Please help to keep the countryside open to all.