Seventeen VBR members and five visitors on Scott's 7-mile walk today starting outside the Nevile Arms. The route took us across fields to Colston Bassett for bacon butties and a drink at the Village Hall. The way back went by Colston Bassett Hall and past the ruin of St Mary’s Church before following Colston Road to the Grantham Canal which we followed back to Kinoulton.
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| Outside the (closed) Nevile Arms |
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| Trent Valley Internal Drainage Board digger dredging the River Smite |
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| Outside the Village Hall |
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| Colston Bassett Hall |
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| The 14th Century ruin of St Mary's Church |
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| Overgrown Grantham Canal |
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The Poplar Trees information board on the Grantham Canal The original avenue of 184 Lombardy poplar trees was planted by Sir Jesse William Hind and dedicated to the memory of his son Lt. Francis Montagu Hind, who was killed in action at the Battle of the Somme on 27th September 1916. The trees also commemorate the 183 other officers and men of the 9th Battalion, The Sherwood Foresters Regiment, who died between 7th July (when the battalion entered the battle) and 30th November 1916 (the official end of the battle). |
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| St Luke's Church, Kinoulton |
