Old Dalby, Wartnaby and Grimston, 27th June 2021

 

Knigh Hospitaler                                Noel family Coat of Arms
Duncombe family Coat of Arms         St John the Baptist Church






Fifteen on Paul's 8-mile walk starting at St John The Baptist Church in Old Dalby before climbing up the Leicestershire Wolds escarpment (for the first time) then descending by the side of Queensway Old Dalby, now a housing estate but once a camp to serve the ordinance and maintenance depot that was built nearby at the outbreak of the Second World War .  Passing through Bouverie Lodge Bison and Deer Farm we climbed up the Leicestershire Wolds again to reach Wartnaby for lunch.

Relive the experience by looking at John J's blog.


St John the Baptist, Old Dalby

A bison objecting to being called a buffalo

Up Broughton Hill


Owned 1231-1540 by
Knights of Jerusalem


Lunch at St Michael and All Angels Church, Wartnaby
A good track then took us to another St John the Baptist Church at Grimston before descending through Old Dalby Wood and back to the start.
Old Dalby Wood