Ruglic two

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Route from Rugeley's main shopping area past old buildings to the tranquil Trent and Mersey Canal. You follow this as far as Armitage where you cross the canal and follow a path from which you can see the famous Armitage Shanks Factory. You leave the canal following a path which then takes you across the A513 adjacent to a supermarket, a pub and a cafe. The route then takes you south to Longdon (where you will find the last pub before Lichfield). A short climb out of the village takes you to a point of the route which has great views in all directions (including your first view of the spires of Lichfield Cathedral). Heading east, the path then takes you across Lichfield Golf Course (where it heads south) and delivers you to peaceful meadows to the north of the city (worth looking out for deer here!). You turn east and after a gentle ascent, at the top of the hill, you cross the A515 and climb a style into the fields adjacent to the village of Elmhurst. You pass along the edges of the fields and then enter a lane in a short wooded stretch past the appropriately names Rookery Cottages (you can see the nests above you). This lane then arrives at a path which passes through a field which is surrounded by the backs of the houses of the village on Fox Lane. You then turn right onto Fox Lane before leaving the village on a track to the left of an ornamental garden. This path takes you gently down via an open track with views right across the Trent Valley as far as Derbyshire and Leicestershire. As you get to the bottom you turn right along the wooded path to meet an underpass on the left which will avoid crossing the often very busy bypass. A walk across the foot of a small field brings you to an alleyway which having opened into a green space in a residential area then takes you down to Curborough Road. You follow this road (past a supermarket) as far as Stowe Pool. You then follow this round to just by the Cathedral. The last section takes you past historic sites, shops, pubs and restaurants to the meeting place outside Lichfield City Railway Station

Route from Rugeley's main shopping area past old buildings to the tranquil Trent and Mersey Canal. You follow this as far as Armitage where you cross the canal and follow a path from which you can see the famous Armitage Shanks Factory. You leave the canal following a path which then takes you across the A513 adjacent to a supermarket, a pub and a cafe. The route then takes you south to Longdon (where you will find the last pub before Lichfield). A short climb out of the village takes you to a point of the route which has great views in all directions (including your first view of the spires of Lichfield Cathedral). Heading east, the path then takes you across Lichfield Golf Course (where it heads south) and delivers you to peaceful meadows to the north of the city (worth looking out for deer here!). You turn east and after a gentle ascent, at the top of the hill, you cross the A515 and climb a style into the fields adjacent to the village of Elmhurst. You pass along the edges of the fields and then enter a lane in a short wooded stretch past the appropriately names Rookery Cottages (you can see the nests above you). This lane then arrives at a path which passes through a field which is surrounded by the backs of the houses of the village on Fox Lane. You then turn right onto Fox Lane before leaving the village on a track to the left of an ornamental garden. This path takes you gently down via an open track with views right across the Trent Valley as far as Derbyshire and Leicestershire. As you get to the bottom you turn right along the wooded path to meet an underpass on the left which will avoid crossing the often very busy bypass. A walk across the foot of a small field brings you to an alleyway which having opened into a green space in a residential area then takes you down to Curborough Road. You follow this road (past a supermarket) as far as Stowe Pool. You then follow this round to just by the Cathedral. The last section takes you past historic sites, shops, pubs and restaurants to the meeting place outside Lichfield City Railway Station