New Website Update

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As many of you know the committee decided that our website needed an update and a working party was set up to achieve this. Most of the work has now been completed and we will be ready to switch over on the 10th June, fingers crossed.

We still have a number of tasks to complete and due to this and booked holidays, how selfish, we are unable to post anything to the website from 18th May – 10th June.

We hope you all understand and normal service to the new website will be resumed after the 10th June.

Litter Picking

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Members of the Litter Picking Group took advantage of April’s lovely sunny weather and in total collected 21 bags of rubbish from our area.

Two new members to the group, Jill and Sue, went out on their inaugural litter pick, thus ‘doing their bit’ to help make our environment a better place to live. Thank you and well done Jill and Sue.

Should anyone else wish to join our litter picking group please contact me as per the interest group details at the end of the newsletter. A tabard and equipment will be provided.

 Val (Gant)

Short Walks

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The April walk was a circular route from Greasley Church.

Led by Terry Hill we started by taking the footpath appropriately signposted to ‘Bogend’.

It crosses the Gilt Brook and although there are some duck boards it can be muddy. Fortunately following the dry spell it was good underfoot.

We then followed part of the Robin Hood Way through Watnall Woods and over the field paths back to our starting point.

The Parish Oven café at the back of the church hall was a welcome sight and we sat outside in the sunshine with our end of walk drinks.

15th May Walk

Please note the date as this is the earliest date for our 3rd Thursday walks as 1st May was a Thursday.

Our starting point, for this just over 4 miles easy walking route, is the free: Thieves Wood South Car Park located off the B6139 between Ravenshead and Kirkby in Ashfield.

Full details will be sent to the group a week before the walk date.

David Rose

Science Group

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16th May is our visit to RAF Cosford.

Please note we will now meet the coach on Ogle Street at 8.30am.

This is to allow a cushion of time in case of traffic delays.

Departure time is 3.15pm ETA back in Hucknall 5.00pm.

20th June Meeting

We are playing ‘catch up’ and we have two presentations:

John Tedstone on the ‘Lunarticks’ and

Christine Vincent with Niels Bohr- a Nobel Prize winning Danish physicist.

There is also an opportunity for any members who wish to do their outstanding ‘5 minute scientists’ talks.

David Rose

Vicar Water Country Park

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The April walk started from Vicar Water Country Park – which is just to the south of Clipstone village. It has been created on the site of a former colliery, transforming this former industrial site into a heath land, woodland and grassland and offers spectacular views across to Derbyshire and Lincolnshire.

At the centre of the park is Vicar Pond, a large fishing lake created by the fifth Duke of Portland in the 1870s. In the past the lake has been used for boating and swimming. 

Vicar Water is actually the stream that flows through and we could see the work being carried out to restore its original meandering course to the River Maun.

Part of our walk was through Kings Clipstone then along the River Maun and another conservation area called Spa Ponds before returning to our starting point

The next long walk is on 6th May

Mark Thornley