Coton-in-the-Elms walk
To continue the theme of walking in South Derbyshire here's a few bits from the walk yesterday, it turned out to be 8miles as near as... the day started fine, but soon turned to rain. We saw ourselves plodding through eight different woodlands & couple of meadows.
The walk lasted pretty much 5hrs. Although I live locally, there were a lot of thing I had never seen before. Living in Derbyshire people think "Peak District" Yes true, but it's not that near to me I probably have a 60 to100mile round trip to do the Peaks, depends on my destination. Here it is quieter. less traffic so easier parking. The views are excellent in places you can see Warwickshire in one direction Cannock Chase in another The Peaks in yet another. The woodlands are sustainable commercial for various "industries". The average age of the woodlands here is around 15yrs, & the trees are growing very fast, obliterating many local landmarks. Below is one such wood, it has many pathways in all directions, you could easily get lost.
We do rest from time to time, well, you have to eat it is a question of , do you sit on the grass even if it has been "chucking it down", or do you stand. I stood, as you can see some didn't
There are a few interesting things to see on the way around apart from the woodlands. Below is one you will not see every day. We thought it might have been dead, but the weather had cooled a lot owing to the rain, shedding the old skin is a slow process I believe, I like to think it was just waiting to warm up before moving off.
That's all for now I think, I'm off to Rosliston today for a couple of hours, I might take the camera
To continue the theme of walking in South Derbyshire here's a few bits from the walk yesterday, it turned out to be 8miles as near as... the day started fine, but soon turned to rain. We saw ourselves plodding through eight different woodlands & couple of meadows.
The walk lasted pretty much 5hrs. Although I live locally, there were a lot of thing I had never seen before. Living in Derbyshire people think "Peak District" Yes true, but it's not that near to me I probably have a 60 to100mile round trip to do the Peaks, depends on my destination. Here it is quieter. less traffic so easier parking. The views are excellent in places you can see Warwickshire in one direction Cannock Chase in another The Peaks in yet another. The woodlands are sustainable commercial for various "industries". The average age of the woodlands here is around 15yrs, & the trees are growing very fast, obliterating many local landmarks. Below is one such wood, it has many pathways in all directions, you could easily get lost.
We do rest from time to time, well, you have to eat it is a question of , do you sit on the grass even if it has been "chucking it down", or do you stand. I stood, as you can see some didn't
There are a few interesting things to see on the way around apart from the woodlands. Below is one you will not see every day. We thought it might have been dead, but the weather had cooled a lot owing to the rain, shedding the old skin is a slow process I believe, I like to think it was just waiting to warm up before moving off.
That's all for now I think, I'm off to Rosliston today for a couple of hours, I might take the camera
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