Starting at Calverton Library, Paul's 8½ mile walk took eight members up to the high ground overlooking Woodborough with views over Calverton opening up gloriously (had the weather been good). Here, the route passed Fox Wood, an Iron age settlement, and then followed the ridge to Ramsdale Hill, from where the path meandered through the green fairways of Ramsdale Park Golf Course.
Next, we entered the Foxcover Plantation which merged into Watchwood Plantation, a beautiful section of dense woodland.
After passing close to and then crossing the deep cutting of the old Bestwood to Calverton Pit railway, the trail then took us through Oxton Bogs, then Gorse Covert before reaching the picturesque village of Oxton for a lunch stop at the pub.
From there we headed directly to Calverton passing Thorndale Plantation and crossing Dover Beck for the second time.
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| Climb up to Fox Wood from Calverton. It rained; a lot! |
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Fox Wood, site of an Iron Age hill fort and settlement |
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| View over Calverton today and last week |
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| Enercon E33, 330kW wind turbine. Oh, and some walkers! |
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| Ramsdale golfers with golfing umbrellas |
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| Crossing Oxton Bogs, drained by the Dover Beck |
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| Lunch stop at Ye Olde Bridge Hotel, Oxton |
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| Dover Beck on its way to Epperstone, Lowdham, Caythorpe and the Trent |
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| Start: Calverton Library, Grid ref: SK617493 |
