Wednesday, 27 November 2013

W/C 23rd November 2013 - Teversal and Hardwick Hall (again!)

The weather was so good mid-week that I just had to do another walk! A quick decision led me to revisit Teversal and Hardwick Hall for the second time in 2 weeks - but this time the route was slightly different. It was about 15 miles long. I only took a few photos, as many would have been repeats of those I took on the earlier walk.

I repeated my recent route along the Skegby Trail and the Link Track to the Teversal Visitor Centre, then headed north along the Teversal Trail towards Pleasley. At Peartree Lane, I climbed the steps away from the Teversal Trail and headed towards Norwood. The remains of Pleasley Colliery were just visible on the horizon, to the north east.
 Norwood is a tiny group of houses on the eastern approach lane to Hardwick Hall.
 Beyond the houses, the lane turns into a footpath through trees, including steep steps. The trees in general were quite a contrast to a week or more before - many had lost their leaves altogether, whilst most of the other leaves had turned dark brown.
 This part of the path, through the grounds of Hardwick Hall, is called Lady Spencer's Walk. This view was taken close to the visitor centre.
 The public footpath eventually turns left and down a steep incline around the southern flank of the buildings at Hardwick.
 Climbing again past the Hall, I took a similar view to one I took on my last visit - a clearer day, but the trees are far less colourful. This view is looking north west towards Chesterfield.
 I then followed the driveway north to the north gate of the park and round onto the Rowthorne Trail. Where this joins the Teversal trail, I turned north towards Pleasley for a short distance, before turning east and south onto the Skegby Trail. I just got home before darkness fell. The sky was alight!


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