Car/Bus Ramble: Hickling Area

Start time: 10.15am for 10.30am.
Walk description: Meet up at The Wharf in Hickling for a 5-6 miles circular walk beside the canal and through the fields. Hickling is a small, farming village on the edge of the Vale of Belvoir. The Grantham Canal runs through the north end of the village. Its history goes back before the Roman times. The railways and the canal have all left their mark on the village. But in the present-day, working farms supplying the Stilton Dairy in Long Clawson - supporting a vibrant rural community. We will be visiting the church and looking for the headstones of the ‘Belvoir Angels’ and how many were ‘Daft’!! Lunch at either ‘The Wharfe’ – closes at 4pm or ‘The Plough’ opens at 4pm.

Leader: Dennis G, Mob: 07776 298121

Directions by Car: The Old Wharf Tea Rooms - The Basin, Main St, Hickling, Melton Mowbray LE14 3AH. Hickling is very difficult to get to by public transport from Nottingham. Car-share can be arranged. Please contact Jane R – phone/text Mob: 07896725396 for further information

Important to know: There are usually 10-15 people on these walks. A lot of the walkers will be club members and are not on the Meetup website.
To book a place on the walk: text Jane R on 07896 725396 to give
the leader some idea of numbers or sign up on Meetup. Please state
your name, your contact details, the title and date of the walk when
booking.

Non-walkers are invited to join us for lunch. Please advise the
organiser in advance.
What to bring: Please dress appropriately for a country walk. Wear proper walking boots, bring a rucksack with liquid refreshment and some waterproof clothes depending on the weather forecast for the day.