Oxton and Robine Hood Hill, 1st February 2026

Starting at Oxton Village Hall, todays 4-mile walk, led by Mansfield & Sherwood Ramblers, took 21 Nottinghamshire Area Ramblers past The Old Green Dragon and up Windmill Hill towards Robin Hood Hill and the old Roman settlement. Tracks were very slippy but improved on the descent back to Oxton on Honeyknab Lane.

The Notts Area AGM followed after lunch and we were later treated to a talk on The Capricious Trent – the Battle Between People and River by local historian Adrian Gray. He described what are believed to be alternative courses of the River Trent, particulary upstream and downstream of Newark, and its effects on the people of local villages.

The start at the Village Hall

The Old Green Dragon

Windmill Hill

More mud on the track of Windmill Hill

Robin Hood Hill

Better tracks as we pass Fallows Farm on Honeyknab Lane

Oxton Village Hall

Notts Ramblers' displays