After lunch we dropped down past the Stone Masons' Workshop and through Lady Spencer's Wood to Norwood Lodge where Elaine and three others took a shortcut across to the the Rowthorne Trail. The remainers crossed fields to reach St Katherine's Church in the manorial village of Teversal (the fictional home of Lady Chatterley) for a short break. The route back then followed the Teversal Trail to regain the Rowthorne Trail and car park.
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| The start - seven VBR membes and two visitors |
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| Rowthorne village |
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| St John the Baptist Church in Alt Hucknall dates back to Saxon times |
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| Entering Hardwick Park |
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| Walks in Hardwick Park |
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| Distant view west towards the Derbyshire hills (on a good day) |
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| Quarry which supplied stone used in the construction of Hardwick Hall |
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| Bridge near Miller's Pond |
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| View of Hardwick Hall and Hardwick Old Hall across Great Pond |
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| Sculpture next to Decoy Pond |
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| Building next to Decoy Pond where nets were stored to catch unwary ducks |
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| Approaching Hardwick Old Hall |
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| Hardwick Hall (1597) - visited on the recce when we were allowed through the gate. Note Bess of Hardwick's initials, ES on the parapets |
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| Hardwick Old Hall |
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| National Trust Visitor Centre - lunch stop |
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| Stone Mason's workshop - worth a visit when open to see how Hardwick Hall is being restored |
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| St Katherine's Church, Teversall |
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| Both the Rowthorne and Teversal Trails make use of the trackbeds of the disused railway lines which once served local coal mines like Teversal, Silverhill and Pleasley. Both were constructed on impressive embankments and through deep cuttings in the local Magnesian limestone bedrock |
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| Derbys/Notts border in green; Rowthorne and Teversal Trails in red |