Starting at Fingers Lake car park, Dave C's flat, 9.2 mile waterside walk took eleven of us on good tracks around the many lakes in the parks, along the banks of the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal and on to visit the remains of the twelfth-century Leicester Abbey in Abbey Park. Plenty of birdlife and views of narrow boats, locks, weirs, bridges, a space centre and a pumping station.
Thanks John for the photos.
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| The start near Fingers Lake |
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| Carvings in the children's Animal Play Area near the car park |
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| King Lear's Lake. This statue depicts the final scene of Shakespeare's play King Lear - Act V, Scene III |
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| Wildlife near bird feeding station |
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| River Soar and canal diverge |
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| The National Space Centre, a museum and educational resource covering the fields of space science and astronomy, along with a space research programme in partnership with the University of Leicester |
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| Abbey Pumping Station (1891) now a museum of science and technology |
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| Abbey Park is a late-19th century public park, formed from water meadows. The site was extended in 1925 by the addition of the adjacent Abbey Grounds |
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| Boundary wall of the Abbey |
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| After Dissolution in 1538, the Abbey buildings were demolished although the main gatehouse, boundary walls and farm buildings were left standing |
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| Artists impression of Leicester Abbey |
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| Cardinal Wolsley, accused of treason and on his way back to London, stayed at Leicester Abbey. He said I see the matter against me how it is framed. But if I had served God as diligently as I have done the King, he would not have given me over in my grey hairs ... and promptly died |
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| View over River Soar from Abbey Park Bridge |
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| Lime Kiln Lock on the way back along the Grand Union Canal |
Starting at Fingers Lake car park, Dave C's flat, 9.2 mile waterside walk took eleven of us on good tracks around the many lakes in the parks, along the banks of the River Soar and the Grand Union Canal and on to visit the remains of the twelfth-century Leicester Abbey in Abbey Park. Plenty of birdlife and views of narrow boats, locks, weirs, bridges, a space centre and a pumping station.
