John led ten members on a 7.4 mile walk from the bus stop near Nottingham Railway Station along the canal to Trent Bridge for a coffee stop. We then followed the Trent past the City Ground but were forced towards Lady Bay to avoid the groundworks associated with the new Waterside Bridge.
We returned to the Trent and followed it to Holme Pierrepont Watersports Centre for lunch next to the canoe slalom course before moving on past Holme Pierrepont Hall to catch the bus in Radcliffe.
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| The start near the Nottingham and Beeston Canal |
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| Tinkers Leen |
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| Fake news! |
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| Canal meets the Trent after leaving it at Beeston Lock |
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| Trent Bridge - coffee stop |
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| Notts Area Ramblers are planning some sort of event here on the day the bridge opens later this year - watch this space |
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| Waterside Bridge, from Lady Bay to ..... |
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| Holme Pierrepont Country Park |
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| Lunch stop above the canoe slalom course |
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| Holme Pierepont Hall |
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| Access denied - the end of the Cotgrave to Radcliffe Greenway. |
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| This track was recorded on a Garmin device every 10m and also using the OS app on a smartphone at 1 second intervals for comparison. Garmin: waypoints = 1290; distance = 7.4 miles Smartphone OS app: waypoints = 12,000; distance = 7.8 miles Smartpnone track uploaded to OS on laptop: waypoints = 906; distance = 7.6 miles |
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| This is a map of the first part of the walk between the high buildings on either side of the canal. This so-called canyon effect affects the accuracy of the GPS. |