Our starting and endpoint for this walk is the Black Lake Inn, where there is plenty of parking. They don’t open until midday, but a toilet will be available.

We begin by crossing the Hilderstone Road, then turn right and follow the road, which descends gently into Fulford Dale.  Just after the crossroads we take a footpath to the picturesque village of Fulford, where we can pause a while at the village green, before heading towards Crossgate.  We then take another footpath through Stallington Heath, cross the Hilderstone Road and descend through Idlerocks to Moddershall.  Here you can get a reviving coffee at the Rook House Café, before returning for lunch via Moddershall Oaks.

This is a moderate walk, with a few stiles and the descent through Idlerocks is via a narrow path, which follows a stream bed, so boots/strong shoes are essential (and a stick or poles, may be helpful, if you use them).

Meet: in the Black Lake Inn car park at 9:30, ready to depart by 9:45
Sat Nav: ST3 7NT – W3W: ///bathtubs.giggled.bliss
Lunch: 13:00-13.30 (approx.) Black Lake Inn – Please let me have your menu choices by Tuesday 10th
Rook House Café : ST15 8TG – W3W: ///verse.marshes.wildfires
Organiser: Nigel Holmes

Note: If you feel like a short walk (1.5 miles, on quiet roads), prior to the meal, then please meet us at the Rook House around 12:15 (I can give a lift back there, after the meal, to 2 or 3 people).