Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire - Thursday
30 March 2006 |
Talbot and Peter organised this
walk in the gently rolling countryside and stile capital of Leicestershire.
It was easy walking without any large hills but it was a bit muddy
in places.
The walk is about 6.5 miles long but the food at the end
of it was worth waiting for.
Photographs»»
START
POINT: The Joiners
Arms Church Walk Bruntingthorpe.
For those of you with Sat Nav - LE17 5QH.
Branko, formerly of the
Belmont Hotel on De Montfort Street, is the Maitre D.
"In 2004 The Joiners won the Innspired Food Pub of
the year beating
some 1100 eateries to the award. Inclusion in the 2005 Michelin
Guide followed with further accolades hopefully to come"
www.theJoinersArms.co.uk
TIME l0am - assemble for coffee/tea at the Joiners
Arms. Pre-order your lunch and we hope to start promptly at 10.30a.m.
DIRECTIONS
Travelling
south on the Ml leave at junction 21 onto the B4114 towards Narborough.
After less than a mile you come to the Foxhunter roundabout, with
the pub on the opposite corner and turn left towards Whetstone. It
is less than a mile to the next roundabout where you turn right towards
Lutterworth on the A426. About 5 miles further on you come to the
B581 to Dunton Bassett and Broughton Astley on your right but you
turn left towards Ashby Magna and Peatling Parva and Bruntingthorpe
is the next village. The main road bears to the right but you go
straight on into a cul de sac and the pub is on your right, the car
park is just after the pub. If you happen to enter the village from
the other end, follow the main road past the plough pub, it bends
left and then right where you then turn left into Church Walk.
(Alternatively, From Junction 21 take the outer
ring road towards Oadby and the Racecourse. After 3 miles turn right
at the junction with the A5199 towards Wigston. Keep to the A5199
through Wigston. After 4 miles turn right at Arnesby (pass the award
winning Indian restaurant "Little
India" on your left) and follow the road to Bruntingthorpe
(about 2½ miles) At a sharp left hand bend within the village
go straight ahead to Church Walk (a Garage is on the left). The Joiners
is 50 yards further on.)
Talbert
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