Then we passed through Norwood Park to eventually reach Brackenhurst College, home to over a thousand students from Nottingham Trent University's School of Animal, Rural and Environmental Sciences, before dropping down to Southwell.
The start in the (free on Sunday) car park, Southwell |
Passing the Maltings, Lower Kirklington Road |
Strawberry Fields Forever, and ever - Norwood Park |
A rather posh bug hotel seen in the grounds of Brackenhusrt College |
Distant view of the Cathedral on the way back |
Evidence of Romans |
The Education Garden next to the Archbishop's Palace |
Southwell Cathedral |
And this is what you missed - a muddy track by the River Greet, hundreds of acres of miscanthus and two mills on the river.
Caudwell's Mill on the site of Southwell's medieval Burgage Mill |
Miss Canthus |
River Greet in flood |
Maythorne Mill (1785) on the River Greet, a cotton mill which later became a silk mill and operated until the middle of the 20th century |
Something that could be added to the route if we do it again, Southwell Workhouse |
The final track (in green) and the recce route along the River Greet |