Just before we hit autumn – and the weather immediately turned miserable my boyfriend and I managed to get in a couple more self-guided walks, downloaded from The Parks Trust. We managed to do most of Willen Lake North (but cut this one off early as we had headed out late), and the Campbell Park Art Trail.
Believe it or not, before recently, I’d never been to Campbell Park (apart from a short visit at 11pm for the meteor shower in July!), so I was excited to see what it had to offer. As well as lots of great art (obviously), the walk took us past lovely greenery, offered some amazing views over MK and even took us along part of the canal.
I decided to write another blog post on it because why not?! I also actually consulted my Fitbit before and after the walk to work out how many steps I took.
The figure of eight walk begins and ends at the same car park and is suitable for beginners. There’s also a couple of places to grab a bite to eat – one along the way and one at the start/end of the trail.
STATS
Campbell Park Art Trail
2.9 miles / 90 minutes
9,272 steps
674 calories burned
Read more: Taking a self-guided walk around Great Linford Manor
It was probably one of the last long summer days we had before the weather started to take a U-turn, although you can see in some of the photos that autumn was slowly creeping up with some red leaves fallen on the ground!
The views from where The Light Pyramid stood were really stunning – I knew Campbell Park had was like, y’know, a hill (haha) but I had no idea you could actually see so far across MK! The MK Rose was pretty cool too – a collection of stone pillars, each representing a significant date in the development of Milton Keynes. We spent longer here, reading all the different dates.
Highlights of the walk included seeing some wonderful art – I really liked Head by Allen Jones and The Light Pyramid, by Liliane Lijn – and a cute little dog who followed so far behind its owners that it kept stopping, looking back at us for attention and then slowly dashing along again. Oh – and the cold shandy at the end of the night as a reward for the long walk too of course!
Towards the end of the walk, we passed slightly by a canal (still in Campbell Park), a lake and a cute little grass area where some families were having picnics and BBQ’s! I’d like to return one day and do the same.
Once the walk was complete, we ducked into The Barge Inn for a drink to enjoy outside – although I wish we’d stopped for food too! Overall it was an enjoyable walk and a nice way to experience the last of summer. I’ll be missing our walks throughout winter! We may try and still do a few, but it depends on the weather of course.
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