A long stretch of about 11 miles with rather more hilly bits than usual. We started from the busy canalside marina of Braunston where we admired the many narrowboats and managed to pass by the one selling bacon butties.
We soon climbed up from the canal to cross over to find the deserted village of Wolfhamcote where only the church and a farm remain. turning left back to join the Jurassic way where we left it we found the "Beyonce" dancing tree!
WE headed back to the canal and found an early lunchtime stop at the Admiral Nelson, a canalside pub that had suddenly changed since I last visited it on another Spice walk several years ago.
Back along the canal, post the little shop, then up the hill through Brauston village.
Venturing out of Braunston the lengthy byway to Ashby St Ledgers had a hidden cache - the second geo-cache we have found, We dutifully left a small gift and signed the slip in side before returning it to its hiding place in the crook of a tree.
Just a quick taster then of Ashby St Ledgers, where the infamous Gunpowder Plot was plotted in the gatehouse and a mental note of where the next leg starts from.
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