It's not often that I use the M1, and even less frequently that I go south, but I did both today to join my Ramblers group on a walk from Beacon Hill Country Park, near Loughborough. We observed the two minutes silence before we began and then enjoyed a lovely walk.

It wasn't my first choice of activity as a friend and I had arranged to go to Awesome Walls in Sheffield, but then her grandson ended up in A&E and I went for plan B. Thankfully her grandson is fine now.

Extra: route map

10.01 miles
3 hours 34 minutes
1099 feet ascent