With this weeks walk being a local one, we would have got off to an early start, but as the saying goes, "even the best laid plans sometimes go wrong"
Not to worry, The weather is fine and there's even a hint of spring in the air, Anyone I see heading in the direction of the Terrace Bar will get shot!
After passing Grasshoppers Rugby Club we turned left along Sandyforth Lane.
Sandyforth Lane is part of the Guild Wheel Cycle Route. The hedgerows which in summertime hide the motorway to our right from view, if not the sound of it, are today looking very bare indeed. A little further ahead, just beyond the vanishing point the road is intersected in several places by a large house building site, but I will spare the readers from seeing any of that.
Dinnertime beside the duck pond, in the park alongside Tom Benson Way. The only birds on the pond today were a pair of mallards and a water hen.
As we continued our walk along the perimeter of the park, our attention was drawn to the sound of a large group? of starlings singing away in the tops of the trees above our heads.
On reaching the Ancient Oak and weaving our way between the outside tables, we crossed the bridge behind the pub, then turned left to pass through the subway dividing Cottom from Tanterton. Crossing Tanterton Hall Road and Tag Lane brought us into Pool House Lane.After passing Pool House primary school we turned left, circuiting the playing fields and children's play area.Turning left onto a path off Tanterton Hall Road, a newly completed housing development,thankfully has not encroached upon the woodland path around it's perimeter.
Not far along the path we came across an assortment of large logs which someone had kindly placed there as seating for us to take our afternoon coffee break. So we had a pleasant 10 or 15 minute relaxing break, before continuing along the side of the brook back to Belton Hill. DK
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