This is a figure of eight walk. We parked near Osmaston village hall and then walked through the village past a very nice village pond. The village was lovely with lots of thatched cottages.
We walked through Osmaston park, the grounds of an old manor house, now ruined, and past a lake and very nice water mill.
We then continued through parkland to Shirley. We then had to follow field paths and across a very muddy field - up to the ankles mud! We followed another couple across and all had a good giggle while trying to find the best path through the bog. We eventually got back to the parkland path and returned to Osmaston. We had a nice lunch in the Shoulder of Mutton and then continued on the second part of the walk. The next part was across fields and farm land. It was really windy in this section so was quite chilly despite being sunny. We missed the footpath at one stage because the farmer had ploughed it up. We eventually found the path but had to climb over a fence-very naughty! We finally returned to Osmaston park again and returned past the lake back to the car. 
The walk was supposed to be 8 miles but actually turned out to be 11!
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