Epperstone towards Halloughton Dumble

 Elaine's 6¼ mile walk took 19 VBR members and visitors from outside the Cross Keys in Epperstone up Hagg Lane and across several becks and dumbles to reach Bankwood House on high ground above Epperstone.  A good road took us towards Hollybeck Nurseries and Halloughton Dumble before we dropped back down to Epperstone for lunch at the Cross Keys (for some).

The start outside the Cross Keys

Epperstone Pinfold
 Pinfolds go back 500 years and were built to hold stray animals. The animals would not be released until a fine had been paid. They were also used by drovers taking their stock to market.
Restored by the Buckland family in 2009 with help from Nottinghamshire County Council and Newark and Sherwood District Council

Looking back at a misty, moisty Epperstone

Hill Farm wind turbine - an unusual machine with the two rotor blades downwind of a guyed tower and which can be erected using a ground level winch.  This 275kW turbine was planned to generate "approximately 480 MWh of electricity per annum, sufficient to provide electricity to 112 residential dwellings, based on a capacity factor of 20%"

Approaching Bankwood House

Bankwood House

The line of the infamous Severn Trent water pipeline which in 2016 caused a sinkhole to appear in Epperstone

Back in Epperstone - the Dovecote (1690)