Trowell & Cossall - Nottingham Canal
w/e 04 February 2018
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
An amble along the towpath of the disused Nottingham Canal between
Trowell and Cossall that measured less than half a mile in total
hardly warrants being labelled a "walk"as such but
that's what we did on a section of the 30 mile Erewash Valley
Trail.
We parked on the small car park at the corner of Cossall Lane
from where we could see some of the houses in Cossall Village
in the distance.
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Heading towards Cossall we left the car park through the squeeze
style to access the towpath. The car park was actually built
on the line of the canal.
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The path continues alongside the canal which, although containing
water, is overgrown with rushes and reeds.
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Over to the left intermittent gaps in the hedgerow allow views
of Ilkeston across the Erewash Valley.
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Only a couple of hundred yards from the car park a footbridge
crosses the canal to a lay-by off Cossall Road where there are
also a couple of benches on the grassy bank creating a small
secluded picnic area.
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Beyond the footbridge are more reeds and rushes but the water
in the disused canal becomes more apparent.
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So much so that there is enough of it for ducks to be swimming
on it too.
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A similar distance from the car park to the footbridge took us
to a signpost pointing across what is known as Tormentil Field.
Tormentils are small buttercup like flowers.
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I climbed over the style onto the footpath for this view across
the field. The path acts as a shortcut linking the towpath by
the side of the canal which loops round at a constant level.
A drain runs along the middle of the field and as can be seen
here the ground is waterlogged so the drier but longer towpath
route is the better option in such conditions.
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It was at this point that I climbed back over the style to stroll
back to the car park in the failing light and falling temperatures.
Despite how it appears in these pictures it was quite a dull
afternoon.
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