Saturday 21st February 2009
Today we set off on the next stage of the Ivanhoe Way. We parked in Agar Nook and followed the footpath between houses to emerge at the bottom of Bardon Hill. We crossed the field and instead of walking to the top of the hill, we walked through the woods, and round the bottom of the hill. It seems strange that a trail going around NW Leicestershire should avoid going to the highest point in Leicestershire, but we stuck to the trail this time as we had been to the top before.
We crossed the very muddy quarry road, and entered a field. It was lovely and warm by now, so we stopped for a coffee and admired the view. It was strange that last week we were walking in the snow and this week we were overheating in our fleeces. The next path was very wet and we had to wade through several inches of water towards Rise Rocks farm, passing Old Rise Rocks on the way; quite impressive outcrops. 
We continued to the A50 which was being resurfaced, so was easier to cross than it would normally have been. We crossed the next stile into a paddock and passed some large stables, and then skirted Cliffe Hill quarry, with views of Billa Barra Hill on the right until we reached the road.
We crossed the road and walked down into Stanton under Bardon where we stopped at the Old Thatched Inn for lunch. After a ham roll we walked back up the road and took the path that skirted Stanton quarry. The area has been planted with trees so the quarry was not visible.
As we walked beside the railway a light aircraft went overhead and started to come down very low and disappeared below the hill. We walked beside the industrial park, through newly planted trees, crossed the railway and walked along the track beside Little Battleflats farm. Here we saw the aircraft that had gone over earlier, it seemed an odd place for a runway! We crossed the road and continued on the footpath across fields and past two barns towards upper Grange farm. Here the light aircraft took off and soared over us again.
As we walked across the field we saw a flock of fieldfares and redwings. We crossed several paddocks and passed Louella Stud before recrossing the railway and heading along the path between houses. We finally emerged on the road through Greenhill and then back to Agar Nook and the car.
Today we set off on the next stage of the Ivanhoe Way. We parked in Agar Nook and followed the footpath between houses to emerge at the bottom of Bardon Hill. We crossed the field and instead of walking to the top of the hill, we walked through the woods, and round the bottom of the hill. It seems strange that a trail going around NW Leicestershire should avoid going to the highest point in Leicestershire, but we stuck to the trail this time as we had been to the top before.
We crossed the very muddy quarry road, and entered a field. It was lovely and warm by now, so we stopped for a coffee and admired the view. It was strange that last week we were walking in the snow and this week we were overheating in our fleeces. The next path was very wet and we had to wade through several inches of water towards Rise Rocks farm, passing Old Rise Rocks on the way; quite impressive outcrops. We continued to the A50 which was being resurfaced, so was easier to cross than it would normally have been. We crossed the next stile into a paddock and passed some large stables, and then skirted Cliffe Hill quarry, with views of Billa Barra Hill on the right until we reached the road.We crossed the road and walked down into Stanton under Bardon where we stopped at the Old Thatched Inn for lunch. After a ham roll we walked back up the road and took the path that skirted Stanton quarry. The area has been planted with trees so the quarry was not visible.
As we walked beside the railway a light aircraft went overhead and started to come down very low and disappeared below the hill. We walked beside the industrial park, through newly planted trees, crossed the railway and walked along the track beside Little Battleflats farm. Here we saw the aircraft that had gone over earlier, it seemed an odd place for a runway! We crossed the road and continued on the footpath across fields and past two barns towards upper Grange farm. Here the light aircraft took off and soared over us again.
As we walked across the field we saw a flock of fieldfares and redwings. We crossed several paddocks and passed Louella Stud before recrossing the railway and heading along the path between houses. We finally emerged on the road through Greenhill and then back to Agar Nook and the car.
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