Yesterday was the only day this week we had time to go out and enjoy the Green Lanes [Byways], so we set off around 9am to travel to Helmdon in Northamptonshire.
The weather was perfect, dry and bright and not too hot.
Chris had chosen a route using Tulip maps, which I love to use. The version we use are B in the information below.
The name of this type of navigation comes from the Tulip Rally, which first used it in the 1950s.
Tulip, or ball and arrow instructions, are simple diagrams of the route junctions with the ball indicating where you come from and the arrow indicating where you are going to. Normally they are given in order.
Tulips may be orientated as on the map, or turned around so that the ball is always at the bottom, or most of the balls and arrows may be left off deliberately.
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| The gap looks too small to get through, so Chris goes off to investigate |
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Hardly wide enough for a path, but we get through with a few more flakes of paint being rubbed off the Land Rover!
The other side of this was a small hump back bridge and a VERY muddy patch to be navigated through. |
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A really old Ramblers sign in the middle of nowhere!
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| Gates, gates and more gates on this route! |
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| Everywhere looks so lush, I wonder how many shades of green there are? |
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Toilets are always a problem, but Canons Ashby owned by the National Trust comes to the rescue.
Only about 1/2 mile off our route we make a detour to use the facilities and have a drink sitting outside in the sunshine. |
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| The gardens are looking magnificent at this time of year. |
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Back on the route we stop for our picnic lunch and I spot a row of these pretty flowers.
No idea what they are, the leaves look like clover. |
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| 2pm the final gate before heading for home. |
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