Shipley Country Park - Mapperley Reservoir
w/e 19 November 2017
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
At the end of October we took a short walk of a little
under a mile in a clockwise direction around Osborne's Pond at
the northern edge of Shipley Country Park. This week we've enjoyed
another short walk this time of a touch over a mile around another
body of water, Mapperley Reservoir, in an anti-clockwise direction
at the southern edge of the park.
We used the reservoir car park as our starting point and walked
down one of the paths towards the water.
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We turned right to follow the path along the side of the water.
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The sun was low in the sky which meant views across the reservoir
were all silhouettes.
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I'm not sure whether the berries are a sign of a good summer
and harvest or a warning of a bad winter to come but we followed
the path around the western end of the reservoir.
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Another short path leads from the main path to a "hide"
or viewing point at the water's edge.
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At the end point of the reservoir the path splits with the right
hand route leading into John's Wood and the left, our choice,
to Square Wood. Both paths lead to footbridges over the inlet
stream to the reservoir.
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The path through Square Wood on the southern side of the reservoir
is further away from the water than on the northern side and
there are various routes through the trees. Keeping to the left
however eventually leads back closer to the water.
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The dam wall soon becomes visible through the trees.
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A left turn where the path meets Shipley Lane leads over the
dam. with the land on the other side of the lane being Mapperley
Wood Nature Reserve.
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Another left turn at the far end of the dam took us back along
the northern side of the reservoir past Pond House where we turned
right to get back to the car park.
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