Oakham to Uppingham

Starting in the Market Place in Oakham town centre, the route goes away from town, through farmland to Egleton, past the Anglian Water Birdwatching Centre, and over undulating fields to Brooke, then Braunston. More gentle inclines take you alongside Prior’s Coppice, before going through the Leigh Estate, into Belton-in-Rutland, Wardley, then cutting through Wardley Wood before emerging towards Uppingham. The official walk route bypasses Uppingham town centre which is something of an oversight, so should you want to visit the town, which is a great idea, then you will need to detour a few hundred yards. But it will be worthwhile.

Thatched cottage on Northgate opposite Oakham church

Looking from Brooke Hill towards Egleton and Rutland Water

Cattle feeder in the snow between Egleton and Brooke

A yellowhammer sits on a hedge top in the early morning

Blackthorn flowers in the hedgerow, near Brooke

Laid hedgerow bursts into flower - Brooke

Ridge line seen from the foot of Ridlington Hill

Evening sunlight catches the field patterns - Brooke

Can you separate the wheat from the chaff?

A view towards Uppingham from the Ridlington ridge

Turning the stubble back in among plumes of soil dust catching the breeze, near Ridlington

A tractor turns over the stubble causing a dust cloud of soil along the Ridlington ridge.

Light transmitted through the dying maize leaf in a field near Belton-in-Rutland

Layers of trees in the landscape near Belton-in-Rutland

Mist lifts from the hills around Wardley

Morris dancing in the Market Place Uppingham

Morris dancers in Uppongham's Market place

Oakham to Uppingham

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