Coroun three

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This is what I actually walked while attempting to follow CorOun one from Corby to Oundle. Most of it is on excellent paths, and all of the major road crossings have safe pelican crossings. In several places I had to cross ploughed fields where the path line was yet to be restored, and the section west of Oundle golf course could do with more walkers and better waymarking - in particular the right turn east of Bearshank Wood could very easily be missed as there is no footpath sign or waymark here.

I was initially planning to start the walk in Oundle, but I managed to catch an earlier train to Kettering and reached Corby half an hour earlier, so decided to get walking and get the least pleasant part of the walk done first. From the meeting point outside Corby station (no benches here) we head south, crossing the A427 using pelican crossings and heading towards an enormous Tesco store, which we pass to the left on a path which threads its way through large warehouses. Note that just beyond a railway bridge there is a choice of a direct staircase or a zigzag ramp.

We turn left, following Long Croft Road past Little Stanion, a large new housing estate, to the roundabout on the A43 Corby bypass, which is no obstacle thanks to a series of pelican crossings. We then bear right into Stanion, threading our way through residential streets to the old village centre, where we turn left onto a footpath through the churchyard. The path from the new road east of Willow Lane is not signposted, but there is only one place between the houses where it can be, and on further investigation you will see a small gate on the left before the private sign on the larger gate into the field.

Note that I have plotted the actual waymarked and cut lines on the path to Brigstock, and in places this takes us quite some distance off the right of way line, notably in the wood above Harper's Brook. Beyond the wood the line across a large ploughed field was not immediately obvious, but trust the map and you should see some traces of a path start to appear. Approaching Brigstock, there is a choice of the more direct right of way line (which crosses close to the square of a cricket field) or the path the local dog walkers seem to prefer which stays by the brook.

There are pubs, at least one cafe and a CoOp store in Brigstock, making this the best halfway pit-stop, as once you leave the country park there is nothing more before Oundle unless you have a ticket for Lyveden. We cross a footbridge into the country park, following the access road then heading past a playground onto the well waymarked Lyveden Way, which mostly follows the grassy edges of the woods apart from one place where it takes a direct line across another large arablefield.

Eventually we head left into the Lyveden estate, passing a rather impressive semi-ruined building and some old mounds and moats before taking the farm track right and continuing straight on. We head left a little to find the fire-break through Bearshank Wood then head left down the lane a short distance. Watch out for the field boundary the path right follows, as there is no sign and the path is not well trodden. We cross more open fields to reach Stoke Wood, and head straight on mostly along the southern edge of the wood, until we reach a gate giving access to a field which we cross to reach the golf course.

The path through the golf course is also a farm access road, so you shouldn't get lost, but beware of stray golf balls. We head right onto the A427. Initially the verge on the south side is good, but further on there is a paved path on the north side so it is worth crossing when you can see it. The rest of the walk takes us along pavements into the charming and historic old centre of Oundle, where the meeting point is well sited by benches in the market place. There are hourly buses from here to Peterborough and Corby rail stations.

Overall this is probably as good a route as is possible.

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