A hot, flat 12km run led by Kathryn (Lois only)Route: Turning right along Alcester Road from Kathryn’s house and then turning right and wiggling between Stratford Primary School and Stratford College through car parking to head south and east along tarmacked ginnels (National Cycle Route 5) to to the Shottery Road/A4390 roundabout. There bearing left/SE through Old Town on Broad Walk, becoming Narrow Lane, turning right on Bull Street and then left on College Lane to Holy Trinity Church. Running round this to the right on Mill Lane down to the river and Lucy’s Mill footbridge.
From there following the river north again as far as the Butterfly Farm and then running due south for about a mile, joining the Shipston Road, crossing a roundabout and continuing south. At a second roundabout turning SW along Clifford Lane and following this for another mile before turning off right up a track to Milcote Hill Farm, rising slowly through fields of ripe corn to a summit and on down to Burnthouse Barn and, eventually, turning sharp right to join the Stratford Greenway. Running two miles back towards Old Town on this, passing Bobby’s Café and forking left to rejoin NCR5 and, at the Shottery Road roundabout, retrace our outward route.
Conditions: Sunny and still and therefore hot
Pub? A bit later, Plantarium for lunch with Alex and Tom
