I haven't done any 'set piece hikes' for some time so it was nice to make this local walk longer than I have been doing recently. I set off from Smalley with Meg and headed off across the fields to to junction with Bell Lane just above Manchester Wood.
At Mapperley Reevoir car park I met Anne who picked up Meg. Increasingly she has struggled with walking too far (she did seem to be full of beans when Anne picked her up but we went ahead as planned).Frm there it was along a footpath I haven't used before looping past the nature reserve towards the nutbrook trail cafe.
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| Stream near the Nature reserve |
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| Magnificent beast near the Nutbrook trail |
The footpath towards Shipley Hill was blocked so I had to traverse around Shipley Lake to the old car park for the American Adventure. Back then to Osbornes Pond. I stopped for a lovely cup of coffee and energy bar overlooking the pond. From there the Visitor Centre and then back across Woodland Trust tracks back to Smalley.
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| Building Site around the old American Adventure |
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| Shipley Lake |
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| Osbornes Pond |
Cold , crisp clear weather. About 8 miles.
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