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Cossall - Off Cossall Road
w/e 04 May 2025
All of this week's pictures were taken with a Nikon D3300
"You Are Here" on a sign in a lay-by off Cossall Road
shows the exact position where we parked the car, approximately
half way between the villages of Cossall and Trowell, to enjoy
the fine weather by the side of the disused Nottingham Canal.
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There are a couple of benches in a sheltered area between the
lay-by and the canal.
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The sign showing the location plus lots of other information
about the Erewash Valley Trail, other local points of interest
and the history of the Nottingham Canal can be seen on the extreme
left of this picture which also shows the wooden footbridge over
the canal which we crossed to reach the towpath.
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From the bridge the view to the right showed the water course
full of reeds with a small area of still water. To the left the
view was very similar except there was no water visible at all.
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We turned right and spotted among the reeds an empty swan's nest.
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A little further on a single swan was swimming across another
patch of open water. There were also two mallards and two coots
in the reeds.
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We continued along the towpath as far as a signpost indicating
a footpath down the bank from the canal and across Tormental
Field (see Part 04 of a Sentimental Journey)
which acts as a shortcut to pick up the canal towpath again after
it has looped round on its way northwards towards Langley Mill.
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As we returned to the lay-by we noticed - it was hard to miss
them - the abundance of dandelions at the edge of the towpath.
It's obviously been a good year for them!
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Between the Nottingham Canal and Ilkeston on the horizon is the
Erewash Valley where the Erewash Canal runs alongside the river.
It is for this reason that the Nottingham Canal running at a
higher level became known as the Top Cut. Both canals in their
heyday connected the Cromford Canal at Langley Mill with the
River Trent, the Erewash at Trent Lock at Sawley and the Nottingham
in the city. Only the Erewash is still navigable.
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After a pleasant wander in the sunshine we returned across the
footbridge to the lay-by.
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