Corby Crags
I was stuck in a town called Corby because my car hire broke down. The place where I got the car hire, didn’t have an outlet here in Corby, so I was advised to stay at one of the Corby Hotels, which they would pay for while they drive me up another car hire. Not a bad deal really, especially since the hotel where I’m staying is pretty darn nice. The car hire place told me it will take them a day for them to deliver the new car to me, so I decided it wouldn’t be a bad idea to go site seeing while I’m here.
The waitress at the pub where I had breakfast told me I should check out Corby Crags which I can do on foot. The walk, I read when I got there, was classified as moderate and it’s approximately 11 kilometers. The walk starts down the valley bottom in order to cross Corby’s Letch and go along the remains of Alnwick-to-Cornhill, which then will give me some views of the Victorian arched viaduct that spans a stream. I’ll continue to John the Baptist’s church with they say, dates back to the Anglo-Saxon period. After that, I’ll skirt around the side of some woods and go along what’s called the Devil’s Causeway. It’s an old Roman road that once crossed Corby. All that in 11 kilometers?
This will be a nice walk. As I took the moderate walk, I kept my eyes peeled for bird-feeding stations placed in the woods, which I thought was a nice touch, since I do like birds. I was surprised though, that I had to cross a road with actual car traffic. Luckily, there was only a few cars on the road as I crossed. Wasn’t expecting that. I must have missed that part when I read the step-by-step guide posted at the entrance of Corby Crags. Not a bad place to get stuck, I’ll have to thank the car hire place for giving me an extra day to explore.
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