2007-08-13

And another hot weekend

On Saturday, I decided to walk around Rutland Water to see if the route is suitable for a night hike.

There is a cycle route that runs all the way around the reservoir which is about 21 miles long. The track is wide reasonable smooth and easy to follow for the whole route which should make it good as a route for a night hike.

I parked up at the Horse & Jockey in Manton which is a starting point that the ramblers have used before and contains plenty of free parking.

The biggest problem I had while following the route was once again the heat, it was far too hot for my liking but despite the heat the route only took 4h 45m to finish. I reckon in the dark and as part of a group thevroute will take about 8 hours.

Now we just need to decide on a night to do the walk.

On sunday I went to the pub quiz as usual where our team came 4th again.

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