I walk east into the morning sun, taking a side-street off the Ring Road. A white flag with a red poppy flaps in the wind at a bungalow, marking Remembrance Sunday. Emerald moss and clover line the pathway ahead. Crows, magpies and a collared dove are perched high in a tree by the bus stop on Raylands Lane. A black and white cat jumps out from a garden and chases a sparrow along the lane. Whilst starlings use a telegraph pole as a watchtower. The smell of bacon breakfasts fills the air as I walk towards Sharp Lane. Half way down Sharp Lane outside a group of two-story flats are a collection of bird houses, like mini-alpine lodges. Further down Sharp Lane horses munch hay by a pylon in a field that backs on to the motorway. After crossing Sharp Lane, I come to the Maid Marian community orchard in Robin Hood. The plaque at the entrance states that the garden was completed in 2011 and includes apple, pear, plum and medlar trees.
On the road to Carlton Village I pass rhubarb fields and smell wood burning stoves from nearby cottages. I come to Carlton Hall and reading a blue plaque at the entrance which states that Thurstan Hunt was born here in 1555 and was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. I make a mental note to learn more about Hunt and his beatification.
On the way to Rothwell, a horse and rider gallop towards the town centre. Outside the Holy Trinity Church, hundreds of people have gathered ready for a procession to the cenotaph.
On the way back from Rothwell I walk along a disused railway line that runs to the Leeds and Wakefield main road. The pathway is now a nature reserve and a popular route for walkers in the local area.
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