Bardon Hill from Mount St Bernard's Abbey, 15th September 2019

Dave's 9½ mile walk took us from the Mount St Bernard's Abby to Blackbrook Reservoir and through Charley and Bardon Civil Parishes to Bardon Hill, the highest point in Leicestershire at 278m.

Mount St Bernard's Abbey, a Cistercian monastery established in 1835

Appoaching Blackbrook Reservoir

Coffee stop at St James the Greater, Oaks in Charnwood

"The view extends to over 5,000 square miles or one twelfth of England and Wales" - allegedly

Bardon Hill Quarry has been operated for over 400 years and produces three million tonnes of rock a year, 15% of UK output. It exposes rocks from a Precambrian volcano ...

... as explained here

Lunch near the trig point

Whitwick Quarry, just visible on the last leg of the walk