Ilkeston - Summer Is Here!
w/e 30 June 2024
All of this week's
pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
After weeks of cool and wet
weather, summer finally arrived (briefly) in Ilkeston and we
took advantage of it with a walk that took in part of the Erewash
Canal, but we didn't see a great deal of it.
Usually we would walk along the hard-surfaced towpath on the
eastern side of the canal. This time we approached the canal
on the western side via Chichester Close and Wortley Close. After
wending our way through the bushes, trees and undergrowth we
caught our first and only glimpse of the water.
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As we continued along the unmade path other views of the canal
were obscured by the high and thick growth of the encroaching
nettles.
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The unmade path soon joins a tarmac covered footpath from Cantelupe
Road and continues behind the houses but the canal is now hidden
behind the growth on the right.
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Brambles on the left were full of flowers and promise a good
crop of blackberries.
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The footpath leads to Gordon Street Playing Fields more commonly
known as The Ashes.
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Exiting the playing fields we continued along Rupert Street to
Station Road. Gordon Street after which the playing fields are
named is the road on the left whilst the canal is now behind
the houses on the right.
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We crossed Station Road and turned into Canal Street which runs
parallel with the Erewash Canal but a distance from it.
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The other end of Canal Street joins Mill Street where a look
to the right shows where the canal runs past the end of the street
- but it's still not visible from here.
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We turned the opposite way, away from the canal and then right
into Meadow Street to access Johnny's or as it is officially
called Wash Meadow. It would appear that "No Mow May"
has been extended into "Now Mow June" and probably
"No Mow July" too.
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Dictionary.com says that "street art tends to be image-based,
whereas graffiti is more commonly word-based" so from that
I think the painted wall between Johnny's and the Tesco car park
is covered with graffiti. The weather after our walk turned to
"changeable" and that is the ongoing forecast so if
we want another walk in the summer sunshine along the Erewash
Canal we shall have to wait until it changes back again and probably
choose the other side of the canal.
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