Norton

Details

Our Group

Comprised 15 walkers led by Richard Smith.

The Walk

This was our fifth walk from The Three Horseshoes in Norton.

We turned left out of the pub car park, crossed the road by the school then walked to footpath across a field via Norton Churchyard. At the other end of the field we turned onto Nortonbury Lane and proceeded into Radwell Meadows Nature Reserve. We walked through the meadows to Radwell Bury Farm. On exiting the farmyard, we turned left and walked to Radwell Lake and stopped briefly to look at the birds.

At that point the group split, with the people on the short walk taking a footpath back through Radwell Meadows.

The rest of the group walked through the campsite and turned north crossing the old Radwell airstrip until we got to the Stotfold Bypass which we passed under. We walked north on Norton Road until we got to Baldock Road. At the Baldock Road bridge adjacent to Stotfold Nature Reserve, we walked along the disused Baldock Road until we got to a footpath to the south. After a short distance along that footpath we had to cross the Stotfold Bypass. This road carries quite a lot of fast moving traffic, but we got lucky as the traffic stopped and let us pass.

We then walked round Radwell Lake until we got to the point where we had stopped to look at the birds earlier. We walked through the campsite again and turned left. After a short distance, we entered Radwell Meadows again and retraced our steps until we got back to the pub for a welcome drink and our lunch.

The map of the walk is shown below