Shipley Country Park - An Autumn Walk
w/e 04 November 2018
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
This is just a short circular walk of about one and
a half miles in the park on a cool but bright autumn afternoon.
We began on the part of the Nutbrook Trail that is called Dog
Kennel Lane but the Lane soon splits from the Trail to climb
up Shipley Hill. We were passed by a couple of bike riders and
although the path doesn't look too steep the sound of their exertions
as they pedalled to the top were quite audible.
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As we neared the top of the path Nottingham Lodge became visible
through a gap in the trees.
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Whether you're on a bike or just walking it's always worth a
pause at Nottingham Lodge not just to regain your breath but
also to enjoy the view towards the cricket ground.
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We skirted round the Lodge and continued to the top of the hill
entering the wood by the ha-ha wall.
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There are some very mature trees in the wood as can be judged
by the people in the distance. There is a path through the wood
but it is obscured at the moment by all the fallen leaves.
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Turning right on another path took us out of the wood and past
the site of the Hall. From there we continued across the leaf
covered grass towards the former Beech Walk. Sadly the beech
trees were old and diseased and had to be felled some years ago.
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Across the grass is the converted water tower and the various
autumn colours were apparent too in the trees.
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We dropped down from the top of the hill to Shipley Lane and
were entertained by a number of squirrels scampering around and
up and down the trees. A left turn took us along the boundary
of the wood past the former graveyard of the Miller-Mundy family
who once owned the Shipley estate. The graveyard lies at the
foot of the hill on the edge of the wood.
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We left the wood again and moved onto the bank where the several
paths have been mowed through the grass.
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Circling round the hill we headed past the Memorial Wood on the
left where every tree has been planted in memory of someone back
to the Nutbrook Trail to return to the starting point.
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