Category: Long Walks

Our April walk was at Oxton and  8.81 miles  in length.  It  was a beautiful sunny Spring morning and we had a really memorable walk through woodland and along country trails, I personally enjoyed it very much.

We went from Oxton over fields and into Foxcovert Plantation, where we were able to view the memorial which was put up to three Polish airmen, who died when their Fairey Battle aircraft crashed. We went on down Gravelly Hollow and into Calverton and then back over the fields, on the way stopping for a coffee break and a lunch break.  Everyone enjoyed the walk and we finished off with a well earned pint in Ye Olde Bridge Inn. 

I look forward to seeing you all on the May walk.

We started the walk in East Leake at the Three Horseshoes public house, where the landlady had kindly let us park.

The March walk was  8.58 miles in length; we walked over the West Leake hills from East Leake, a circular walk. The way was easy and through field tracks and country roads, no mud thankfully.

Affording stunning views of Nottingham and the Trent valley.  It was an easy walk at a steady pace and was made all the more rewarding as the weather was kind to us with the Sun shining for all of the walk.  We finished off with a good pint of beer in the Three Horseshoes.

Following on from our talk at the monthly meeting in January, which I think everyone enjoyed and found very interesting, I decided that we should walk around Newstead and Annesley Country Park and see for ourselves. So with that in mind we walked over the Misk Hills and on to Annesley Forest, around the country park and down the old disused railway line to Linby, back through Dobbs Park and over the Misk Hills to  a welcome pint in the Nabb Inn.  The walk was 9.99 miles and the conditions were good for the time of year.  

We are a friendly group and would welcome new members, we normally walk between 8-9 miles, I would like to dispel the myth that this group is the equivalent to an S.A.S training march, we walk at the same pace as the Mid-Walking group, just a little further. We have a Coffee break and a lunch break we always have a back marker so no one can get left behind, if any one needs a break then that’s fine and if there is anything interesting or someone wants to take a photo that’s fine as well.#

I look forward to seeing you all!

Mark

Despite what the weather could throw at us, injury and illness and also people pulling out for the very muddy conditions, four intrepid souls still managed to start from the Nabb Inn in Hucknall for the January Long Walk.

We walked through Eelhole Wood, Narrow Lane and across the fields to Greasley then by the side of Moorgreen Reservoir and along Felley Mill Lane through the plantations and back over the Misk hills for a well earned pint in the Nabb Inn.

It was quite wet and muddy, as you would expect at this time of year, but it didn’t dampen our enthusiasm, which is the main thing. I look forward to seeing all my fellow walkers in the new year, and remember, we still have room for anyone interested in a good walk and scintillating conversation.

Thank you to everyone who turned up for the walk on 6th December. Although I went a little wrong we managed to get back on course and everybody said how much they had enjoyed the walk. It was a rather gloomy day but everyone soon got talking which jollied us all along.

We started at Teversal Visitors Centre, where there was free parking, cafe and toilets, and walked along good paths to Hardwick Hall, had lunch and carried on through the grounds and down the Rowthorne Trail. It was very pleasant but would have been even better had we had the sharp frost and sunny weather we had a couple of days later as the colours this time of year are beautiful.

Thanks again to everyone who came, we still have room for more members so don’t put it off and get in touch with me.

Mark Thornley