Eakring, 29th May 2016

Bernard's 6.7 mile walk ...

...  today started outside St Andrew's Church, Eakring and explored the fields and woods to the south-east, passing near Dukes Wood Oil Museum and the Dukes Wood oilfield's remaining nodding donkeys.  These were used until the mid 1960's to extract oil from the underlying sandstone.  Follow this link to find out the surprisingly long history of onshore oil exploration in the UK, including Nottinghamshire.

The walk used part of the Robin Hood Way which has been diverted to avoid the line of National Grid's new so called T-pylons. These are likely to be used in future extentions of the national grid.

Dukes Wood Oil Museum

One of 240 nodding donkeys operating during WW2

National Grid's new T-pylon design at itsTraining Centre

Trent Lock and Attenborough Nature Reserve, 22nd May 2016

Malcolm's walk today ...

... took us from Trent Lock, past the entrance to the Erewash Canal and through the Cranfleet Cut of the Trent Canal, almost as far as Beeston Lock and then back through Attenborough Nature reserve.

Start at Trent Lock

Entrance to Erewash Canal

River Trent and Ratcliffe Power Station over the river

Trent Canal - Cranfleet Cut

Coffee stop

Looking downstream towards Beeston Lock

At last, some wildlife

Still a gravel extraction site

Netherfield Lagoons, 17th May 2016

Sue led six of us on this walk ...

... on the first of our Evening Strolls from The Ferry Boat Inn at Stoke Bardolph, round the nature reserve at Netherfield and back along the river.  Apologies for the old photographs (the light was poor) and the absence of any signs of "nature".

Tuesday - May

Something prepared earlier - January

January - Stoke Lock

Bakwell, Rowsley and Chatsworth, 15th May 2016

Twelve ramblers managed to avoid the nearby horse trials to come on this 10-mile walk to Edensor, Chatsworth, Calton Lees, Rowsley and behind Haddon Hall to Bakewell. Here are some images of the walk starting in the car park next to the River Wye in Bakewell.

Across the golf course - looking back at Bakewell

... but motor bikes?

Gritsone edges behind Chatsworth

Edensor

River Derwent

Chatsworth water mill

Calton Lees

Well earned rest at top of Coombs valley

Coombs valley - alternative route back to Bakewell

Entrance to tunnel under Haddon Hall - possible future extension of Monsall Trail

River Wye

Expressions of love and devotion in Bakewell!