LEICESTERSHIRE ROUND (3) Sutton Cheney to Shackerstone (6m)

December 2003, Weather cloudy with cool breeze (10C)

The walk began at the Church of St. James at Sutton Cheney, where Richard III was said to have prayed before the Battle of Bosworth Field, and then heading northwest to Market Bosworth and the Church of St.Peter. There was not a seat in the churchyard and so we had a cup of tea in the Market Square close to the Grammar School. The Grammar School was founded in early Tudor times and funded by Sir Wolstan Dixie in 1601

We then pass through numerous agricultural fields and to the village of Carlton and a slight diversion to the Church of St.Andrew with its quaint bell tower, and there we had our lunch.

The path then continues in northwesterly direction, and more agricultural fields, all looking much the same, and on to Shackerstone Station, the centre of the restored steam railway tourist attraction. They were today preparing the “Santa Special”. We then join the Ashby Canal for a short way until we reach Shackerstone and the Church of St.Peter.