Walked by Sally and mostly by Richard, 20th March 2026
8.7 miles (4 hours including breaks), 4.2 miles progress on the Rutland Round
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After a wet and rather miserable winter, today was a lovely spring day and it was a joy to be out walking. The weather hasn't been the only reason we've not done any serious walking since last November; Richard has had some weird health issues and, at their worst, he couldn't walk very well at all. We don't have a diagnosis yet, but antibiotics helped a bit earlier in the year and the improvement has continued, albeit very slowly. We were ready to get back to the Rutland Round! Unfortunately Richard is also currently unable to drive, and we are (as planned) down to one car, so I drove our nice new little car to Empingham, which is on the circuit we walked back in November. we found an excellent place to park in a layby on Willoughby Drive, just off the Main Street.
We walked along Main Street and out of Empingham, passing Mill Lane where we turned right last time, then taking a lovely track on the right which climbed through woodland.
More coming soon