East Haddon and Great Brington Walk

A fresh start but not windy which is always a good thing. This walk actually takes in a good part of two other walks that have been documented on this blog previously. There is the East Haddon and Holdenby walk (October 29th 2020) and The Great Brington and Althorp walk ( November 11th 2020).

Therefore I wont be going into too much detail about the start of the walk from East Haddon as it follows he same route. Instead of cutting back to EH we continued on to the A428 crossing. Then making the ascent uphill into the village of Great Brington..

The route then mirrors the start of the Great Brington and Althorp walk that leads back to the centre of the village. It was nice to see the first Spring lambs of the year. Plenty of Snowdrops out as well and lots of bird activity readying themselves for nesting in the hedgerows.  

Instead of heading towards Althorp we picked up the footpath that went to Thornburrow Hill and the Glebe Farm. It's a steady uphill climb but not too bad.There is evidence of Badgers,a lot of fresh diffing and clearing out the debris from the Setts.

The path leads us to the railway line, we  cross going under Patford Bridge. We are now on the road that leads to Long Buckby. We are going in the opposite direction though today. After a short saunter along the road we pick up the footpath that takes us past East Haddon Hill and Garretts Barn on our right hand side. There is another group of walkers out, the first we have seen today.  

 

Badger Setts

 In truth it is not a particularly memorable path. But we are outside in the fresh air and getting some exercise at least.

There have been an awful lot of Yellowhammers in the hedgerows. Very easy to spot with their yellow plumage and white tail feathers in flight.

There are plenty of people who have hardly left the house in the last year. We emerge near the crossroads of the A428 and head towards the village. We take a detour across some fields on the left hand side. It's a bit confusing as the path deviates in different directions. It leads us into the lane very close to where the car is parked near the church.

Although nothing particularly spectacular it has been a decent walk. Slightly longer than some of the other ones of late  coming in at just over 10 miles.