Eaton, Eastwell and Stathern, 30th August 2020

Maggie and Glen led this 9-mile walk again with an excllent turnout, this time eighteen as walks start getting back to the programme. Starting in Eaton, the route took us across the headwaters of the River Devon to St Michael's Church, Eastwell for coffee. This lovely ironstone church dates mostly from the thirteenth century. Then it was through the woods of Harby Hills and down off the Belvoir Escarpment to cross fields to St Guthlac's Church in Stathern for lunch.

The path back took us back up the escarpment and through Coombs Meadows, one of the best nature reserves in Leicestershire and full of interesting plants including meadow saxifrage, common spotted-orchids flower and soft shield-fern. Then we walked along the track of Tofts Lane, making use of a short section of the Jubilee Way back to Eaton.

The start in Eaton

Eastwell in the background

St Michael's Church, Eastwell for coffee

Fine views across the Vale of Belvoir as we leave Harby Hills

Bubble in Stathern

Small bubble in Stathern - Johny no-mates

Fallen in last week's storms