At last VBR made it to Sutton Scarsdale Hall but at the expense of missing out Bolsover Castle on Sue's 8-mile walk. Starting on the Stockley Trail, we passed through the Peter Fidler Reserve, a former spoil heap for Bolsover Colliery, crossed the River Doe Lea and paddled under the M1 to eventually reach the hall for lunch. |
| The start near the Stockley Trail |
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| Peter Fidler Reserve. Peter Fidler (1769 to 1822), born in Bolsover, was a British surveyor, map-maker, fur trader and explorer who had a long career in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company (HBC) in what later became Canada. In recognition, there is a monumental cairn in the nature reserve |
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| The unanticipated perils of self-isolating and eating a banana |
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| Under the M1 |
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| Sutton Scarsdale Hall, a Grade 1 listed ruin once on a scale and quality with Chatsworth House - but not now! |
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| Distant view of Bolsover Castle |
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