Walk along the canal towpath

So, more changes are afoot in Loughborough! Some of the canal towpath is now closed until around the beginning of May, while the muddy route, from the Moor Lane Bridge (No.35) to Chainbridge (No.39B), is improved. The work is being done by the Canal and Rivers Trust and is expected to make it a more pleasant journey underfoot for people walking along it.

Notice attached to the footpath sign at Nottingham Road Bridge (No.38)

This particular stretch of the towpath is one of my regular walking routes, as I'm sure it is for others, too. It will be lovely if the new path is like that which is outside the former I&R Morley / Riker / 3M building (now converted to apartments and called 'The Mill'). And it will be great to be able to walk along the path without getting the old shoes caked in mud during the winter, and without worrying about slipping over into the cut! Such a pity that the whole route has to be closed off for so long, and that I shall have to find some other uplifting walk to take on 'blue Monday'!

Here are some photos from some of my walks along that route of the canal towpath:

Approaching Moor Lane Bridge heading towards Loughborough

Going under Moor Lane Bridge heading towards Loughborough

Emerging from Moor Lane Bridge heading towards Loughborough

Looking back along the muddy path towards Moor Lane Bridge

It really can get very muddy along here!

Little Moor Lane Bridge heading towards Loughborough

Great Central Railway Bridge

Approaching Nottingham Road Bridge

The excellent path on the approach to Nottingham Road Bridge

Nottingham Road Bridge looking towards Loughborough

Under Nottingham Road Bridge

Approaching Meadow Lane Bridge heading into Loughborough

Emerging from the Meadow Lane Bridge

Heading towards Loughborough

Chain Bridge far away in the distance

Arriving at Chain Bridge

Serenade passing under the Chain Bridge, approaching from the Basin

Hope you enjoyed the journey!

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Toothill Road

Part of Beating the Bounds

Last weekend I was lucky enough to go on a guided walk around the area, which was once part of the grounds of the Old Rectory, which is at the junction of Steeple Row and Rectory Place. It was really quite surprising that the small building in its compact, grassy surroundings actually used to be situated in extensive grounds, and that the building itself, by the Georgian times, was rather large!

As I was being walked around the area surrounding the oldest part of the town, I remembered that a while ago I had wandered around there myself and taken quite a few photos. But, as usual, when I come to find them I can only find a few of them!! So, here's the few photos of Toothill Road that I could find, Toothill Road once being land belonging to the Old Rectory, and its name meaning something like, a lookout on a little hill. There's also a few photos of the other streets from the walk.

Toothill Road

Other areas of the walk

Fearon Hall

Looking down Meadow Lane

The Rectory Garden

The Old Rectory

The gates to the Old Rectory - for more gates, see this blogpost

Looking up Meadow Lane

A familiar name!!

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The changing meadow

About a month ago I shared some photographs I'd taken of bodies of water around Loughborough. One of these was the Summerpool Brook, part of which traverses the Big Meadow, down on Meadow Lane, heading towards Stanford-on-Soar. This area is a floodplain, hence why the road floods when the slightest bit of rain falls. The road also has one of the most dangerous corners in the town.

Anyway, this particular meadow is a Lammas Meadow, so an area of common land, with origins in Mediaeval times, when strip farming was in operation, before the enclosure act. After Lammas Day, which falls in August, and after the grass has been mowed, the meadow is given over to grazing animals. 

When I last visited in July, the grass was clearly still growing strongly and upwards. Other times I've visited it's been in the winter months, so often the field has been muddy. I've also visited in September when the grass has begun to grow again.

Well, this week I was absolutely thrilled to be able to visit the meadow just after it had been mowed, and I was even more thrilled to see youngish cows grazing on it! They must have been quite young as they were very inquisitive when I got my camera out.

I think this is quite some history! One of the last few remaining Lammas Meadows in the country, across the seasons. It's owned by the Leicestershire and Rutland Wildlife Trust, and home to many species of plants and butterflies. 

The Summerpool Brook in the middle of the Big Meadow July 2020

Flooded brook on Meadow Lane, February 2020

Flooded brook on Meadow Lane, February 2020

Floods near the Big Meadow, February 2020

Looking across the Big Meadow, September 2019

Information board at Loughborough Meadows, September 2019

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

The Big Meadow, 19 August 2020

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Out and about in Loughborough

So, I do hope you enjoyed last week's article on what eventually happened to Zeppelin L 20 after its part in the raid on Loughborough on the night of January 31st 1916. Again, HUGE thanks to Ian Castle for such an interesting article, and good luck to him with his latest book and with the next volume of Zeppelin Onslaught, which will include Loughborough.

So, it's back to lynneaboutloughborough for a commentary on this past couple of weeks which, as ever, have been busy and interesting! I suppose the first thing to mention, in the true tradition, is the weather!! We've experienced some very high winds, had lots of rain, and seen much flooding. There's some excellent aerial footage of our area under water, and lots of photographs. Here's my recent (16 Feb 2020) video of the Wood Brook in full flow: 

and some photos I took of various areas, including Forest Road, Derby Road, Cotes, and Meadow Lane.

Forest Road

Derby Road

Cotes

Meadow Lane

Other things happening around Loughborough recently have been singing practice in the parish church for International Women's Day: no matter what the occasion, nor where, you can't beat a good sing!!

I've also had a couple of late-night walks, which show Loughborough in a different light!!

Down at the Old Rectory, we've been meeting to plan the season of events for this year. Lots to look forward to, including an exhibition to commemorate the work of Reverend Fearon in respect of getting a fresh water supply to the town, art displays and more!

2020 is looking good so far!!


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