[1] Start near bus stop on Leicester Road and head down hill towards the busy roundabout. Cross Launde Road then cross the A50 at traffic lights near the Coach and Horses. Go up the side road to the right of the Fieldhead Hotel and take a right hand fork along a short dead end stretch to come out onto the road to Newtown Linford. (Markfield Lane) Cross over to go up a footpath facing you. Stay with this path as it bends sharply to the right and passes behind the properties to pass into open land set out as paddocks.
[2] Continue down this path until you come to riding stables, where very noisy guard dogs, safely behind fences, will greet your passing. Continue ahead, cross the track and go through the gate ahead. Continue on your way following this path through woodlands.The woodlands on your left are a Leicester Scouts camp site. At the end of this block you come to a path junction and rather than carry straight on, take a left. Go round right and left bends and then turn right to pick up another path going in the direction you were travelling. Follow this path for a few hundred metres as woodlands on your right give way to farmland and you start following a shallow stream valley down a steepish hill.
[3] Just before the bottom of this hill look for a strong path going off to your left Look out for the restored mill buildings (A) on your right at this point. Follow this path through the woods to enter into an area of pastureland which you cross following the path diagonally to the far corner where a bridge allows you to cross the stream. If you look to your left at this point there is a charming lake hidden amongst the trees. Follow the path past some newer plantings and then through a block of more mature trees to come out into an open area with a bank of trees on your left masking the course of a stream. Follow the path straight ahead.
[4] At the end of this field the path goes off to the right but you should turn left to cross the stream via a bridge beside the ford. This path is new and may not yet appear on your OS map. Follow the path ahead, keeping the tree line on your right, and you will enter into an area of new plantings. Continue climbing ahead to reach the summit of this small hill. Pause to take a look around you; it is a rare view. The hill itself has been quarried in the past and there are a number of 'holes' hidden in the trees. The face of the hill to your left has been completely quarried away, as you will see when you continue your journey.
[5] Pass over the summit and turn left with the path when you meet the stone wall. Pass by the quarried face of the hill and then skirt the edge of the wood on the right before turning right to enter the woods. On entering the woods you cross a stream then bear right keeping that stream in the woods to the right of your path. These woods go by the charming name of Stinking Wood and the path is frequently boggy. The path eventually comes out onto a strong track which you take to the left and then very quickly leave, turning right to a gate to leave the trees and enter some pasture land. Go ahead across two fields, keeping parallel to the left hand edge, to reach a gate just after another path comes down and joins from the left.
[6] Go through the gate and slightly right downhill across the field to an entrance into more woodland. Follow this path through some rough undergrowth and then more mature trees alongside the A50. Where this path meets another, turn left to pass under the main road and come out by the bus stop where you started your walk.