Saturday 15th September 2007
We parked at Owston and walked along a green lane to fields where they had several methods of straw storage - big round ones, big oblongs, wrapped round and wrapped oblong.
We walked through Owston wood which was dry but very deeply rutted and potholed. We were later told by two walkers that it was used for tank practice during the war and it destroyed the sub-soil and has never recovered. We walked around Withcote Farm village and then over the hill to Launde Abbey (a C of E retreat). As we walked over a stream John attracted a friendly dragonfly who kept coming to sit on his hat. We followed more fields until we came to Belton in Rutland where we were disappointed to find the pub closed. Luckily we had apples and biscuits, so sat on a bench to rest. We left the LR here and returned via other footpaths. We chatted to a pair of walkers who were just coming to the end of their walk. Much of this part of the walk was along lanes and tracks which had been metalled so it was quite hard underfoot although we passed some nice lakes and saw a heron and a swan. The trees along the lanes are definitely showing signs of Autumn. We got back to the car at 5.30 after 22km. 
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