The walk from Empingham was cancelled today due to the adverse weather conditions (snowdrifts in Rutland) so, instead, ten of us walked from Denton to the reservoir, across fields to Harlaxton Bridge, along the canal to Bridle Bridge, returning along the disused ironstone railway.
The start next to the (closed) Welby Arms |
Saint Andrew's Church, Denton near the start |
Crossing the feeder to Denton Reservoir |
Cormorants on the reservoir |
Onto the canal at Harlaxton Bridge |
Grantham Canal Trust dredger - floating for a change |
Frozen but beginning to thaw |
Leaving the canal at Bridle Bridge |
Returning along the disused railway |