Midshires Way

(Map reads from bottom to top of page)

After houses. Turn right into ‘Gated Road’. This is a UCR, marked as a double-dotted line on OS map but the entrance is now further west than shown on current (1986/7) map. The first field has new barn, on left. Go through field gate, then straight ahead to field gate on skyline.

Continue straight on – now back on original line – parallel to hedge on left, until a hedge comes uphill towards you. Turn left to find track, with hedge left. On a clear day, you can see the cooling towers at Ratcliffe-on-Soar, which the way passes just before it crosses into Derbyshire. Track goes down Hamner’s Lodge Farm, through disused railway, and up to road at Skeg Hill.

Cross to BW (D2) to right. Head left cross field to bridle gate in far corner, and go along hedge down to bridge. Cross brook, and go through gate beside hunt jump. Turn left along hedge over hill, to gate on bridge, then up grass field to gate by water trough. Continue cross field, heading for triangular road sign.

Cross road into spinney, following track to small gate, then ahead through horse paddock. Cross farm drive, through bridle gate into another paddock. Bear right to bridle gate on far side.

Go x-field over 2 fields. At far hedge, turn right onto new BW (D38) without going through the gate

Go hedge side, on left, through 2 bridle gates. Then, in arable (*), cross field to third bridle gate . Drop down to Carr Bridge /ford. Follow sign to Twyford.

Go through field gate next to hunt jump, and sharply uphill, continuing with hedge on left to road.

Turn left on road. Take first farm track to Freezeland Lodge. Continue past farm to arable field, where BW (I94) starts. Line bears slightly left cross field, sighting on centre of far wood between farm to right and Ashby Folville Hall to left. (Line of trees to left, marked on map, has gone).

In front of wood is a line of trees on nearer hill. Just after crossing footpath mid field, waymark post at right end of trees should be visible.

Southwards, from this post bear left, sighting between a smaller tree and a stump in the line of trees on south side of field.

From post, bear more sharply left cross field (or go left, then right, on tracks) to bridge. Turn right onto track, to road. Turn left to Ashby Folville village (PH).