A good turnout (25) for the first of our walks after lockdown. From the riverside at Farndon we followed the Trent past Staythorpe Power Station and under the A46 to reach Newark Marina where the River Devon enters the Trent.
From Newark Marina we followed the Devon for a short distance before entering Sconce and Devon Park and climbing up the earthworks of Queen's Sconce for coffee.
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Queen's sconce, an earthwork fortification that was built in 1646 during the First English Civil War, to protect the garrison of King Charles I based at Newark Castle. |
... and then more roadwork took us across the Devon, Car Dyke and the A46 back to the Willow Holt and the river in Farndon for (an optional) lunch.
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| The Farndon Willow Holt is one of the few remaining survivors of the working willow holts that were a feature of many Trentside villages. See here a short video of willow coppicing here. |
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| 6.7 miles , 3 hours |
