Rather unusual route for today's walk: down to the Soar valley, through Quorn and Mountsorrel, then up to Swithland reservoir and back via the posh part of Quorn (Buddon Lane). Included several public footpaths that I had never been along before, including the one through the Lafarge Aggregates works. Good views from some parts of the walk to my more usual stamping ground, the hills on the east side of Charnwood Forest.
3 hours and 53 minutes of fairly brisk walking, relentless apart from two short breaks in Quorn: one for a bit of gravestone reading on the path through the parish churchyard, and another one to read the information board giving the history of Swyne Green, the area of land which has now become the public park known as Stafford Orchard. I could definitely feel it in my legs by the end of the walk; unlike Mike T, I am not doing this sort of effort every day.
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