Todays walk in detail

Twenty two walkers turned up on a very grey, damp day. I will have to describe where we headed because you couldn't actually see much of it. We set off from the Langold lake playground carpark on a mud free walk, three-quarters of the way around we headed off through the wood and towards Honeyhills. We then went across Millars Land towards the allegedly (cos we couldn't actually see much of it) scenic village of Letwell where we had a coffee break at the duckpond.  We then headed along Ivy lodge lane before heading across SaltHill Lane. This part of the walk crossed the site of the original course of the St. Leger horse race. Anthony St Leger owned this land back in the day and apparently thousands of people turned up to watch it. The actual course can still be seen on aerial photographs.  A few years later the race moved to Doncaster where it has stayed ever since.  If you view an aerial of the present course it is very similar in shape to the present day one. Which might be very interesting to some but not really on the day cos we couldn't see much of it. Anyway, we then passed through the wood and fields to Dyscarr Woods and back to Langold Lake.  Strangely for a mud free walk we were all a bit taller and a lot browner than when we set off, funny that. Rehydration duties were the performed at the King William pub at Oldcotes. Many thanks to Julie for backmarking and to the rest of the group for all the laughs en route.