Distance - 6 Miles
Geocaches - 4
Walk Inspiration - Best Pub Walks in Leicestershire and Rutland, Walk 20
We're heading to Melton Mowbray for PieFest - an event that was advertised as being this weekend, celebrating all things pork pie.
It's a good job that the Blue Bell's huge Ploughman's lunch came with one. That was as close as we get to the savoury snack all weekend. To be discussed in a future blog.
First, a walk - and this one ticks all the boxes. 3 pretty villages - Hoby, Rearsby and Brooksby/Rotherby. Gentle Leicestershire Countryside. A Good Beer Guide Tick at the end.
It's a long distance path - the Leicestershire Round - that takes us along the first half of the loop. Sheep and wheat fields do not the greatest of photos make but it was flat walking, free of mud or other hazards.
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| 100 Miles around Leicestershire |
A few architectural delights in Rearsby.
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| C13th Church |
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| 1714 Seven Arch Bridge - from a time when people could not count |
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| Norfolk Style Village Signs |
The return through Brooksby/Rotherby offering much of the same. Hoby rears into view, with the prospect of refreshment.
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| Over the River Wreake's Flood Plain and into Hoby |
A quick ask for directions as to whether the pub can be accessed from the track that runs parallel to the main street almost results in the death of a sausage dog. Whilst in conversation, the hound escaped its owners clutches and almost ended under the wheels of a reversing Freelander in an accident that had the potential to put us off lunch.
All's well that ends well and through a little gate and we are in a pleasant beer garden and table service is still in action. A slight shame, as it prevented a mooch around the pub's interior. The bible describes "exposed beams, tiled floors and rug coverings provides a cosy feel".
It's handsome from the outside, too.
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| Hoby Blue Bell - Good Beer Guide Tick #572 |
An Everards House - the Tiger was in fine condition and the food was excellent.
Not sure I have ever paid £16 for a Ploughman's before - but I couldn't go the whole weekend without a pork pie.
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| Everards Tiger |
Forwards - to Melton Mowbry!
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