On a lovely morning we walked over to Little Bowden via the skate park, enjoyed the views from The Heights and came back to Welland Park via the Tungsten and Southern estates. Several new jitties ticked off. Thanks to Ros for sharing the information regarding the old police houses on Fairfax road and a reminder … Read more

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It was a beautiful day for a walk with a pleasant breeze as we followed the Harborough Woodland Tree Trail for 3 miles around Harborough viewing some lovely tree specimens.

Thanks also to Maggie, Jack, Ros and Pauline for sharing their knowledge of the local history and landmarks of Harborough that are no longer present it really added a lot of interest for all us newbies!

Well, weren’t we lucky with the weather today! Didn’t get a drop of rain as we toured the new back tracks of the Wellington Place and Lubenham Hill estates with wonderful views of Market Harborough and surrounds from the hills (with seating) at the back of the estates. 3.5 miles, WP, Logan street, canal, country … Read more

Twenty of us started off from Welland Park in chilly weather for a wander across to and around the Farndon Fields estate. The weather soon warmed up and it was great to hear people commenting they just did not realise there were such lovely paths to walk on including alongside the Welland. A very enjoyable … Read more

This was the re-run of the 4th December walk which we cut short half way round due to the torrential rain. A much better day today for a wander around The Woodlands, via Logan Street, the canal and back via some jitties off The Fairway and Horsefair Close. Just under the 4 miles for this … Read more

At last a lovely day for a walk! 30 of the 43 group members were able to make the 3.6 mile walk today on a beautiful Spring day including 5 first timers. We had Red Kites and Buzzards soaring overhead and Brimstone and Small Tortoiseshell butterflies accompanying us to Great Bowden and back, another 2 … Read more

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26 of us set out, appropriately from the new Friendship Park, on the first walk for this new group, covering just under 4 miles of southern Market Harborough and visiting the following landmarks on the way: Symington Rec Riverside walk St Nicholas Church Green Little Bowden park  Brampton Valley Way Northampton Rd sports fields Burford … Read more