Sat07Jul - commemorate Leicestershire enclosure riots

[Gerrard Winstanley]

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THE QUATTROCENTENARY WALK
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DOWNLOAD WALKERS REGISTRATION AND ADVANCE TICKET APPLICATION 

Why not join in one of the three walks we are organising to converge 
on Cotesbach at noon on 07.07.07? Walk here, from the three 
surrounding counties like the peasants did in 1607, in symbolic 
reenactment, to commemorate them and to show you care about climate 
change, sustainability and cutting carbon emissions ... you will get a 
special welcome and a free souvenir of the event if you can show you 
have completed one of the walks. If you want to join walks 1 or 2 in 
any of the villages on the way, that's fine too, as long as you get to 
Cotesbach with a Registration card stamped at the check point you 
started at. All checkpoints will be manned and light refreshments will 
be available. Your walker's registration fee of £4 advance/£5 on the 
day also gives you admission to the whole day's festival of events in 
Cotesbach. Listen out for the Church Bells ringing in the villages, a 
traditional sign of assembly and our sign on 777 of enduring links 
between Church, community, environment and our rural heritage. 

HERE'S DETAILS TO DATE:

WARWICKSHIRE WALK No.1 : 12 KM 

Starts at 8.45 hrs, Hillmorton Locks,Rugby, OS Map No222:GR SP 536 744 

CP/ Refreshments in Newton 10.00am (at picnic site) & Churchover 11.
00am (at Cobby Tree)


NORTHAMPTONSHIRE WALK No. 2: 8 KM


Starts at 10.00hrs, Lilbourne, Motte & Bailey, OS Map No222: GR SP 560 
774 

CP/ Refreshments in Catthorpe 10.30 am (Manor Farm Shop) & Shawell 11.
00am (end of Church driveway)


LEICESTERSHIRE WALK No. 3 : 5KM


Starts at 10.00 and 11.00hrs, Lutterworth, Wycliffe Memorial ,OS Map 
No222 GR SP 542 846 Depending on numbers, we hope to approach 
Cotesbach in two groups, both by road and across the fields. 

 

IT IS HOPED THAT ALL WALKERS WILL ARRIVE IN COTESBACH AROUND 12 NOON 
FOR 12.30 WELCOME SPEECH
 	



The walks are being supported by the British Walking Federation/IVV 
(International Federation of Popular Sports), who will count Walk No.1 
as a qualifying event towards their award scheme. BWF members will 
claim their award at the BWF stand in the Green World Forum, where any 
new members will be welcome to join. All walks will be led, there will 
be route descriptors at the start, refreshment breaks, and a free 
shuttle bus service back to your start point if you're not meeting up 
with anyone else with a vehicle at the event (departure times will be 
listed in the Event Programme. All walkers must observe the 
Countryside Code and be aware of safety to themselves and others. 
	

We hope many will want to come in 17th Century style dress –here's a 
link to a site which will help you decide what to wear.. http://www.
history.uk.com/clothing/index.php?archive=7 .and we'll be adding more 
useful information shortly, plus people to contact should you want 
your costume made for you (eg. Sally Green)(but if you're planning to 
walk 12km please be sensible about foot gear!).   And bring tools if 
you can, just as the folks did in 1607 – but instead of using them to 
pull out hedges, we'll be donating good garden tools to local 
gardening projects through OFfA and BTCV and broken ones will be 
recycled as part of a commemorative sculpture by local artist, Worzel. 

N.B. If you're not sure whether you can carry a 7ft scythe and manage 
two grumbling children, your 17th Century clothes, a picnic bag and 
the heat of a summer's day, we are collecting tools in advance at The 
Garden Barn, Cotesbach, in case it's more convenient 

WE'LL SEE YOU THERE, AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO REGISTER IN ADVANCE IF YOU 
CAN (this will help us cater for the required number of souvenirs, 
otherwise you'll have to rely on our guesswork)!

  



 

cotesbach at onetel.com