Creswell Crags and Welbeck, 13th January 2019

Sue's 8-mile walk started in the limestone gorge of Creswell Crags and went via the hamlet of Belph along field paths and quiet roads to the Welbeck Abbey estate.
The start at the Creswell Crags Museum & Heritage Centre
The caves in the gorge were occupied during the last ice age, between around 43,000 and 10,000 years ago and contained the northernmost cave art in Europe

Pin Hole Cave on the north side of the gorge
Whitwell Quarry produces approximately 1 million tonnes of high purity dolomitic limestone per year
Lunch on the logs at Manor Hills
Entrance to the tunnel at South Lodge, Welbeck, built for the 5th Duke of Portland

The line of one of the Duke's 10km of tunnels