Walk One - Bretford

This walk starts just off the A428 in a layby near the speedway stadium and is approx. 4 miles. I first did it in Feb 2018. That day it was incredibly muddy although the day was bright.

The walk starts along a bridleway at the back of the stadium before opening out into fields. As you start to enter Bretford one of the final fields has a trig point in the middle of it! Once in Bretford you briefly pick up the Coventry Way path before turning left near the antenna. Again you walk through open fields heading towards the edge Birchley Wood, skirting the wood to go past Merton Hall Farm and back to the start.

Photos from Feb 2018

Open fields and a bright day

Mud

You can spot the trig point in the middle of the field

Yep - definitely muddy!

Here are some photos from my April 2018 Bretford walk. It was still very wet and muddy, I decided to wear wellies for this walk and I'm glad I did. The corner of one field was under a good 9 inches of water.

Path through the trees

That antenna again!

Fields still very muddy

Trig point to left of tree

Cottage Farm

We have seen some much better weather in May. It's nice to see the crops starting to grow.

Compare to the first photo from February

Bluebells

Field of Rapeseed looking towards Birchley Farm

Morning Walks

I am lucky that I have been able to change my hours at work, meaning that I now have one morning off a week. I have decided that these mornings will be just for me, no doing little jobs etc. To ensure this, I am going out for walks. I have come up with five routes within a couple of miles from my house. One of which I can do from the front door. Every month, I will do at least four of the walks.

I hope to be able to chart the changing seasons by taking lots of photos of the walks. Over the next few days I will do separate posts for each walk. I hope you enjoy them.