Lots of walking stuff

Saturday, 28 March 2020

Woodside Shipley Park 11th March 2020

Local walk today.

  • Past the cricket ground
  • Down the footpath to Woodside.
  • Along Woodside for a few hundred yards.
  • Across the fields back to Smalley
  • Down the side of the nursing home
  • Cross Main Road to Bell Lane
  • All the way down Bell Lane to Shipley Park.
  • Back home via the tracks now belonging to the Woodland Trust













A nice 5 mile mile wander

Sunday, 15 March 2020

Thors Cave 2/3/2020

It was a spur of the moment decision to do this and in the end it turned out to be a smash and grab there and back walk to Thors cave from Wetton Mill. I now know how to get there and what the parkig situation is so next time I'll do a bigger walk.


I had a bit of a wander around before starting the walk. I parked a Wetton Mill car park and then realized that it wasn't a public car park , so I went back to fetch the van and moved it to a nearby layby. I then had a wander up the hill behind Wetton Mill to enjoy the view before descending back and starting the walk.

The walk was starightforward with a steep but good path to climb up to the cave.

The ford at Wetton Mill
Thors Cave from the approach track



Meg didn't want to come any further - the rocks were steep and slippy



Arriving at the entrance


River Manifold



The track back to Wetton Mill
I,ll definitely be back for another walk in this area. Only 4 miles on this visit. OS OL24

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