One misty moisty morning when cloudy was the weather ...
... we went to Edwinstowe for the first wet walk of the summer. It took us first down through the village centre to the River Maun which we followed through the Duke of Portland's Flood Meadows before diverting to Kings Clipstone to catch a glimpse of King John's Palace (or not). Then it was past Cavendish Lodge and back down across the river to walk up to Sherwood Forest for lunch. It was a short walk then back past the Major Oak to the Visitors Centre in Edwinstowe.
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| Cottages in Edwinstowe. Not as old as they seem - built in1875 in the "olde worlde" style favoured by the Victorians |
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| Bridge over the Maun |
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| River Maun, Edwinstowe in the distance |
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| Signal box at a major junction of old railways serving the nearby collieries |
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| What we should have been able to see in the distance - the headstocks and winding house of Clipstone Colliery. At the time of construction (1953) they were the tallest in Europe |
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| Evidence that King John's Palace is somewhere nearby |
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| The impressive Cavendish Lodge at the end of Squires Lane, Kings Clipstone, built in 1745 by the Duchess of Oxford, heir to the Welbeck Estate |
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| Old carriages in the barn at Cavendish Lodge |
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| An unexpected treat just off-route - Sherwood Forest Railway, Nottinghamshire's only narrow gauge steam railway |
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| Ancient flora and fauna |
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| Robin Hood meets Little John near the Visitors Centre |
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