Starting in unusual conditions (rain), Dave took six members and two visitors from the car park next to the Trent and immediately north onto the banks of its flood defences. These were then followed to Fiskerton Mill where we encountered the River Greet for the first time. After some field walking, we reached Rolleston, former home of the children's illustrator Kate Greenaway, crossed the Nottingham to Lincoln railway line and the Greet flood plain to climb up to Upton, home of the British Horological Institute. After a drinks stop at the church, we followed the Greet to pass by Southwell Racecourse and Southwell Golf Club to reach Rolleston Mill and then Rolleston Church. Returning to Fiskerton, we joined the Trent before walking downstream back to the start.
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| Yes, it was indeed pouring down at the start |
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| Flood defences |
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| Fiskerton Mill |
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| Crossing the River Greet |
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| The Kate Greenaway Trail in Rolleston |
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| Kate Greenaway's blue plaque and examples of her illustrations seen on walls in Rolleston |
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| Fields of buckwheat and lacy phacelia, used as a cover crop |
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Depicting the nearby Horological Institute
- ravaged by time |
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| St Peter and St Paul's, Upton - on a brighter day |
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| Looking across the River Greet towards Southwell Racecourse |
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| Rolleston Mill - view downstream from the golf course |
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| Rolleston Mill and the River Greet looking upstream |
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| Carefully crossing the railway line |
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| Holy Trinity, Rolleston |
