Stoke Bardolphe and the Netherfield Lagoons, 26th January 2025

Sue's 5.2 mile morning walk from the Ferry Boat Inn took eighteen members along good paths beside the River Trent to Stoke Lock and on to the Netherfield Lagoons.  After a stop for coffee and views over the ponds of the winter wildlife, it was back across fields to the Trent and refreshments for some in the Ferry Boat Inn.

The start at the Trentside car park near the Ferry Boat

Approaching Stoke Lock

Stoke Lock and Weir

View across the Trent of the caravan park in Radcliffe

Nottingham to Radcliffe railway

Good paths round the Lagoons

Drain from Stoke Bardolph sewage works

More wildlife

Calverton, Woodborough and Lambley, 19th January 2025

Val and Dave took eighteen members on a 9-mile walk down Bonner Lane to Springwater Golf Club and and then over hills to Woodborough for coffee near the church.  Then we walked over more hills to Lambley for a lunch stop near the school.  The return took us back over the same hills through Woodborough Park and by Fox Wood before dropping down to Calverton.

Thanks Terry for the photos.

The start next to Calverton Library.  Free parking but not for long

St Wilfrid's Church, Calverton

Springwater Golf Club

Woodborough Heritage

St Swithun's Church, Woodborough

Unusual gravestone in the churchyard

Coffee stop

Stuffing time in Lambley with entertainment provided by ...

... Terry

Having a whale of a time in Lambley

Crossing Lambley Top Dumble

Crossing Woodborough Brook.  Bridge probably connected to recent major flood defence work

Fine buidings in Woodborough Park

Fox Wood, the site of a hill fort possibly occupied in the Roman period

Final descent into Calverton

Keyworth, Wysall and Widmerpool, 12th January 2024

Starting in the car park off Elm Avenue in Keyworth, Rab took eigtht of us on an 8¼ mile walk across rolling fields to Wysall for coffee. From there, we picked up the Midshires Way to Widmerpoool for lunch and then the Notts Wolds Way back to Keyworth.

This was an undulating walk crossing several small streams which drain the Leicestershire Wolds west of the Fosse and into Fareham Brook which enters the Trent at Clifton or Kingston Brook which drains into the Soar.

The start

Approaching Widmerpool

Coffee stop in Widmerpool

Lunch stop in Wysall

Almost home - approaching St Mary Magdalene Church, Keyworth

Keyworth's sites of interest on fine display board

Martyn's Barn (1651) Grade 2 listed

Erewash Valley Trail and the Bennerley Viaduct, 5th January 2025

Why we cancelled the walk.

Levels have risen at the Pinxton river gauge as a result of heavy rainfall and snow melt. Consequently, flooding of property, roads and farmland is imminent.

Areas most at risk are Langley Mill, and Shipley Gate, including Derby Road, and Cromford Road.