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The cows of the Chesterfield Canal

I walked along the Chesterfield Canal today from Worksop to Retford. I’ve never walked along that section before. I have walked west from Worksop before and in that direction it’s a very different experience. The section between Worksop and Retford feels more untouched and natural. There aren’t as many people using it, there aren’t as [...]

Posted 06 May 2008 § Blog ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Sherwood to Worksop

Most of the walks I do are circular, just out of convenience. There isn’t really a good reason not to do linear walks if you can easily join the circle with another mode of transport. I have done this a few times in the Peak District -typically getting a bus or a train out of [...]

Posted 19 February 2008 § Blog ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , ,

Bamford Edge

On Saturday I went for walk in the Peak District with friends. We started at the foot of Stanage Edge, walked along Bamford Edge and then back along the length of Stanage. You can see a map I knocked up using Google Maps (it’s hand drawn so don’t expect deadly accuracy!)
Considering it’s February, it was [...]

Posted 19 February 2008 § Blog ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Kinder Scout in February feels like summer

I was expecting the weather to be cold but sunny yesterday. Instead it was very warm and it could easily have been a summer day. It was only a month ago when I was on the other side of Kinder Scout walking through snow that came up to my knees in places. The following photo [...]

Posted 10 February 2008 § Blog ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Kinder Scout

I’ve not really seen any decent quantities of snow for some time. Yesterday when entering the Peak District, I could see white in some of the hill tops so I thought there might be a bit left here and there. I was pleasantly surprised to find almost all of the route having some snow on [...]

Posted 13 January 2008 § Blog ‡ Comments (5) ° Also tagged: , , , ,