The ‘wolds’ is a term used in England to describe a range of low hills and valleys in open countryside of which we have many wolds, the most famous being of course the Cotswolds. Our ride today takes us through the Leicestershire Wolds starting in the tiny hamlet of Saxelbye heading out along the lanes which are full with the white flowers of cow parsley. We pass through the villages of Grimston, Willoughby-in-the-Wolds, Wysall and East Leake before dropping off the wolds to finish our ride on the river at Normanton-on-Soar.