The weather forecast was predicting brighter conditions out to the east today and so that's the direction I travelled: I caught the Gainsborough bus and got off at Gringley on the Hill.
Gringley is a pretty village but it was cloudy when I arrived, and the best views were ruined by roadworks and scaffolding and so I only took the one photograph.
I soon found the footpath across the fields and then walked down the road to Gringley Lock - by this time the sun was shining.
I ate my food in a sheltered spot at the side of the towpath about thirty minutes later - I had some sandwiches made from a Kentish apple and sultana loaf. This was very nice; I haven't had it before, I had it with just butter...nothing else.
I left the canal at Drakeholes and walked along the road towards Mattersey.
I reached a path going up Pusto Hill and then took another coming back down again...but a few hundred yards nearer to Mattersey.
The approach to the village along a footpath which runs parallel to the road is delightful.
After lingering in the churchyard for a few minutes I left Mattersey by taking the road that leads northwards to Everton.
Unfortunately there's a lot of scaffolding up at the church at Everton and so this shot was just about the only angle I could get.
I walked across the fields to Harwell and then took the lane which leads up on to Barrow Hills, an area of woodland where at the moment there are a lot of chestnuts just ready for gathering.
I came down to the main Bawtry to Gainsborough road and immediately saw the turn-off for Scaftworth. After sitting down for a few minutes on a bench on the village green, across from the pub, I continued walking along the road until I reached Bawtry and caught the next bus going back to Doncaster.
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