The Rutland Round
The Rutland Round is a circular walk of about 65 miles round the County of…….. have a guess. Although it is a footpath around Rutland, it only once follows the County boundary, and that is between Thistleton and Teigh. Diversions are also made to visit Oakham, and Rutland Water.
The route is well waymarked with an acorn device set in a yellow arrow placed on a dark green background. There is also an excellent book called The Rutland Round, written by John Williams, and available from Rutland Water Tourist Information Centre, Sykes Lane, Empingham. The book starts the walk from Oakham, but you can of course start from wherever you like, and do as much, or as little as you like.
The route is split into five sections, and where I could not find an obvious name for the cache I have used the name of a bird.
Please note that there is no need to damage any property when looking for the caches. They should all be fairly easy to find, and most in full view, although I am throwing in a few sneaky ones from time to time. If I find that damage has been done to property, trees, etc, then the cache will be archived.
Section 4. Uppingham to Barrowden. 13 miles
The walk continues from section three, and there are several sever hilly stretches along this route. You can of course cheat, and park where the path meets a road.
The route can also be found on OS Explorer map No.234.
PLEASE REPLACE CACHE AS FOUND
Please note that there were cattle in the field when we were checking the route.