This was a different walk from Creswell Crags to Worksop and worth trying when the other route (you can find it here) is busy with lots of people.
There was an autumnal feeling about, with drooping leaves just starting to turn but the sky was blue with fluffy white clouds and bright sunshine, which made the trip so pleasurable. I’m a sucker for clouds…
It’s also an enjoyable round-a-bout sort of walk crossing fields, streams, sometimes busy roads, muddy messes and up and over styles. Stout waterproof boots are a must!
Paths weren’t very well signposted but you can usually see the trails people have made for years across what must be private property.
It was at this point the clouds began to darken…
And the rain began to fall, quite heavily but luckily for a short while. Fortunately I’d got a fleece and hat but a proper overcoat would have been welcome!
Rain or not, the skyline looked wonderful and I took far too many pictures of the horizon. Here’s a few:
Then out of the fields and on to what might have been an entrance to one of the estate houses, at a guess? It looked too ornamental to be just a farm track?
Then a crossroads of sorts, where I got slightly lost. Thank goodness for satnav…
Yet more blue skies and clouds:
And finally a familiar rough trail from my previous walk, heading towards Worksop:
Worksop Manor in the distance:
More clouds:
Then it’s over the stile and then over the A57 which was suprisingly quiet for early rush hour and I didn’t have to take my life in my hands to get cross.
There are no pictures of Worksop itself. There are some interesting buildings but they should be captured by a photographer who has more interest in the urban environment than I!