We parked on the road just up from the railway station and found the footpath and away we went past Anthony Gell School playing fields and onto Brooklands Ave.
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| This weeks route around part of Wirksworth |
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| Little stone bridge over the river |
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| One of the houses on Brooklands Ave |
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| Old mill on Water Lane |
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| Liked these birds painted on the wall |
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| Railway crossing |
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| War memorial at the Church of Our Lady & St. Teresa of Lisieux |
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| Fancy gate |
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| Church of Our Lady & St. Teresa of Lisieux |
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| The Providence Mill on Gorsey Bank |
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| The Providence Mill on Gorsey Bank |
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| The Providence Mill on Gorsey Bank |
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| The track up Gorsey Bank |
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| Rob opening up the water channel into the ditch |
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| Which way now ? |
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| Peter & Keith doing a great job on this dry stone wall |
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| Unusual sheep |
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| A level mark on the stone gatepost |
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| This seat was covered in frost and you can see where we've been sitting |
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| The Old Noah's Ark Inn and The Malt Shovel in the background |
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| Lovely old barn |
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| The Malt Shovel with a police car stopping traffic going down towards Wirksworth. |
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| Oops, looks nasty but we were told no one was injured. |
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| Horse trough |
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| This looked like a well |
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| The letter box for this house was under the window cill |
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| Another old pub, this one the Old Ship Inn |
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| Very small doors for this house |
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| House at the bottom of Wash Green |
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| Cast Iron gate post |
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| Wirksworth Station |
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| Geoff taking pics of the station |
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| Geoff thinks this was a weigh bridge |
From Wirksworth we had a half hour to spare so we went off to Cromford to look at something our Rob had seen.
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| This is what we came to see, not sure what it has been but we think likely to be the place for an old water pump. |
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| Cromford pond. |
Very enjoyable
See you next week
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