by Valerie | Jan 9, 2014 | Northamptonshire
Kilburn Road Circular Walk 3.3m 1hr 6m View Larger Map Sainsbury’s to Morrisons and back – circular parkland walk 3.1m 1hr 2m View Larger Map Circular Scenic Walk from the Pumphouse Cafe, via the Castle, Croyland Park, Wellingborough Embankment 3.3m 1h 7m...
by Valerie | Dec 17, 2012 | Harmony, History Walks, Nexus, Northamptonshire
Eight of us , a combination of Exnus and Harmony groups, met outside the Town Hall in Towcester on a bright, but cold December day for a guided tour given by Don, who is an active member of Towcester History Society.You will find all the details on their website, and...
by Valerie | Jun 13, 2012 | Northamptonshire, Personal Memories
A friend asked me a week or so ago if I had a day free in my very busy social diary to accompany him on a day trip to look around Stamford. We arranged the only day I had free for a couple of weeks, Wednesday 13th June 2012. How was I to know that the day would turn...
by Valerie | Apr 25, 2012 | A-walking we will go, Northamptonshire
A teashop walk with the Ramblers After having sat in the sun at home all morning working on my computer, I was looking forward to my four mile afternoon walk from Earls Barton to Hardwater Mill and back. I have driven past this attractive old mill many times, and...
by Valerie | Apr 24, 2012 | A-walking we will go, Northamptonshire, Villages
Earls Barton has always seemed a strange place to me, not big enough to call a town, yet too big to call a village. There’s apparently always a lot going on, yet to the passer-by, there doesn’t seem as if there is much there. I’ve never stopped and...
by Valerie | Apr 23, 2012 | Northamptonshire, Villages
Orlingbury is one of those villages you might only get to see if you go off the beaten track or if they close the A509 between Isham and Wellingborough, when you might be lucky enough to be diverted through it by the road diversion signs. Situated at the junction of...
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