Ashbmel two

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This route is mostly the route I walked while trying to follow ASHBMEL 1 from Melton Mowbray to Ashby Folville, but I have tidied and straightened it a little. It is a good direct route, though some of the footpaths are little used and there was one stile that was a little awkward due to an overgrown hedge. There are no facilities between the edge of Melton and Ashby, but Melton has plenty of pubs and shops and Ashby has a pub.

From the Market Place in Melton, we head down Park Lane and follow the paved path around the park and over the footbridge to the junction of Leicester Road and Dalby Road. We then follow Leicester Road over the railway then turn left onto Edendale Road, right onto Heather Crescent at the roundabout and right onto Cowslip Drive, then follow the path out through the park to Kirby Lane. We turn left then right along the lane that leads to Old Guadaloupe Farm, where we follow the signposted diversion around the farm (which is now the right of way on the latest OS map). We stay on the bridleway as it passes the Eye Kettleby cabins and their lakes, and heads out along the edge of a wood. We then cross a large field diagonally to join a farm lane that takes us onto Kirby Lane.

The path beyond is not signposted but is obvious as far as the bridge under the old railway. Beyond it follows the edge of a large open pasture (diagonal shortcuts are possible) to join another old lane that takes us to Ashby Folville Road. The path forward is slightly to the left, and starts through the awkward stile I mentioned earlier. There is little evidence of a trodden path, but fortunately Leicestershire's footpath posts are visible from a distance - just head for the far left corner of the field. We cross another path then turn right to reach a lane, where we go right a short distance then take the field path sharp left that takes us out to Pasture Lane.

Here we go left a few yards and take the lane right towards Grange Farm, leaving it to cross the field towards the right of the buildings. We cross a little wood and another couple of fields then turn right to skirt Ashby Grange on the right (where I saw an impressively varied herd of alpacas). More field paths take us to the edge of Ashby Folville, where we turn right onto the Leicestershire Round, then left down Highfield End to reach the Ashby Folville meeting point opposite the Carington Arms (sic) pub.

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