I didn't see one other walker ... and by that I mean another walker with a rucksack. I walked seven miles on a beautiful, sunny day in pleasant surroundings and didn't see one. There were dog walkers. There were fishermen. There were people messin' around on boats ... but no 'real' walkers ...
I parked just over Townend Bridge on the northern side of Hayton in Nottinghamshire and walked east and then north on Hollinhill Lane ...
I was heading towards a trig point on a Hill Without A Name, at least according to the OS Map ...
The trig point was nowhere to be seen when I got there.
I passed through Ash Holt and for some reason my senses seemed heightened, perhaps because I was alone ...
I reached the lane and walked up Haughgate Hill and could see Cottam Power Station in the valley five or six miles away ...
From here I strolled down the Roman Road towards North Wheatley but before I got there I turned north along Northfield Leys Road, following the Trent Valley Way, nearly missing the waymark which was just about overgrown in the hedgebottom ...
A tiny toad, no bigger than my thumbnail, just managed to avoid being crushed underfoot.
There were clumps of teazles.
I walked through the main street of Clayworth, an attractive village beside the Chesterfield Canal, with a 12th century church ~ St. Peter's ...
And the church has an interesting sundial, which was a bit slow ...
The words on the sundial read "Our days on the Earth are as a shadow".
Then it was down the lane opposite to join the Chesterfield Canal which I followed all the way back to Hayton.
On the way I passed the moorings of the Retford and Worksop Boating Club ~ there must have been nearly half a mile of boats, most of them narrow ...
Look, no one to be seen.
Beside the canal, a milestone, 3.5 miles from ... where ?
A milestone erected by a husband in memory of his wife ...
Before long I was back in Hayton where I dropped in at the Boat Inn for a hot dinner and a pint of Highland Whisky Ale brewed by Davenports. The same Davenports who used to do 'beer at home' I wondered ...
Date of walk ~ 4th October 2009
Length of walk ~ 7 miles.
Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 38 1/2 miles
The trig point was nowhere to be seen when I got there.
I passed through Ash Holt and for some reason my senses seemed heightened, perhaps because I was alone ...
I reached the lane and walked up Haughgate Hill and could see Cottam Power Station in the valley five or six miles away ...
From here I strolled down the Roman Road towards North Wheatley but before I got there I turned north along Northfield Leys Road, following the Trent Valley Way, nearly missing the waymark which was just about overgrown in the hedgebottom ...
A tiny toad, no bigger than my thumbnail, just managed to avoid being crushed underfoot.
There were clumps of teazles.
I walked through the main street of Clayworth, an attractive village beside the Chesterfield Canal, with a 12th century church ~ St. Peter's ...
And the church has an interesting sundial, which was a bit slow ...
The words on the sundial read "Our days on the Earth are as a shadow".
Then it was down the lane opposite to join the Chesterfield Canal which I followed all the way back to Hayton.
On the way I passed the moorings of the Retford and Worksop Boating Club ~ there must have been nearly half a mile of boats, most of them narrow ...
Look, no one to be seen.
Beside the canal, a milestone, 3.5 miles from ... where ?
A milestone erected by a husband in memory of his wife ...
Before long I was back in Hayton where I dropped in at the Boat Inn for a hot dinner and a pint of Highland Whisky Ale brewed by Davenports. The same Davenports who used to do 'beer at home' I wondered ...
Date of walk ~ 4th October 2009
Length of walk ~ 7 miles.
Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 38 1/2 miles
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