Yesterday (Sunday) members of the Club were treated to a fabulous day out of fellowship in the form of a car treasure hunt organised by Rtn: Graham Markwell and his wife Jane. We started out at Ticknall Community Centre at 10:00am and went until about 2:00pm where we all met up at the finish line for lunch and a drink at The Bull & Lion in Packington.
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| The gang starting off in Ticknall |
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| Where we ended up for lunch. A lovely country pub. |
All of us saw parts of the countryside we had never seen. I never knew that Northwest Leicester had so many garden spots. The clues that wew given (six pages I think) were challenging but manageable and made it lots of fun to find things.
Here are some pictures of what we saw. There was much, much more as well and I especially enjoyed the gaol houses in many of the villages we went through that were used to house local criminals until the county sherif could come and get them and take them away for trial. Sadly, I didn't get a chance to take too many pictures as I was driving.
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| Lake at Melbourne Hall |
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| An interesting little corner on the Melbourne Hall estate |
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| Melbourne Hall |
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| Are these folk trying to find something? |
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| Writing in the sky. The old Newbold brick works. |
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| Courtyard with tea room. Must go back there. |
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| Church at Ashby |
I am going to have to revisit some of these places in the near future and learn more about the history... Anyhow, so much fun culminated in a lovely lunch at The Bull and Lion pub in Packington where we enjoyed a very good menu selection.
Once again, thank you very much Graham & Jane for a superb afternoon of fun, exploration, education and most of all fellowship.
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