Maltby to Tickhill

I got off the bus at Maltby, about ten miles south southwest of Doncaster and walked along Tickhill Road until I reached the end of the urban area where there's a path that goes over to the right through Maltby Wood and then across Maltby Low Common and Maltby Far Common. 

I then reached the narrow country lane known as Sandbeck Lane. This lane makes a sharp left turn just before Woolthwaite Farm, where I took the bridleway going across the fields to Tickhill.

There's a small reservoir at Sandbeck Lodge, which I think might be the source of the River Torne.

I entered Tickhill from a different direction and found some new angles to photograph.

Ashford in the Water, Bakewell, and Edensor

Before I started today's walk I had forty minutes to spare in Bakewell and so took some photographs before going to the bus stop on Buxton Road to catch the bus to Ashford in the Water.

I explored the village, although this really isn't the best word to use since I know Ashford well.

I headed out along the road that goes to the north; after a few hundred yards there's a path that goes to Churchdale Hall and Churchdale Farm; the last time I tried to take this route I couldn't find the path and ended going up to Thornbridge Hall. Yesterday I looked at the images on Google Streetview so that I'd be prepared and know exactly where to look for it. When I got there I noticed that a new footpath sign has been erected.

I then walked along the Monsal Trail for about half a mile before finding the path that leads to Bakewell. At Bakewell I didn't go to the town centre, I walked up to the old railway station and then continued going uphill using the road and then taking the track down into Edensor. Edensor is a beautiful village but I didn't have much time today to take photographs.

Warmsworth, Don Gorge, and Conisbrough

I went down into the Don Gorge today to do a bit of exploring, there's always plenty to see; caves, abandoned quarries, old limekilns, a viaduct, a weir, a fish ladder, the river, tunnels, and a waterfall. I wasn't able to do much exploring though because I had to be careful where I put my feet because of the flooding and also be on the lookout for fallen trees.

I caught the Sheffield bus to to Warmsworth, walked down the road that leads to Sprotbrough and took the path that goes alongside the railway line. Access down into the gorge is by these steps.

I soon realised there might be problems when I saw how high the river still was. I was able to get by the flooding, but I slipped a couple of times, nothing serious at all but I ended wet and muddy.

A man stopped me to ask for directions and about the conditions down by the river. He whipped out his smartphone and started using his Ordnance Survey mapping app; I found it to be practically useless, it kept zooming in and out and randomly rotating the image on the screen.

 

Because I was wet and muddy I decided not to continue on to Conisbrough Castle and then catch the bus in the town centre near the shops, instead I made my way up to the main road and caught the bus back to Doncaster.

Hull and Hessle

A trip to Hull with my support worker today, somewhere I've not visited for quite a few years. The weather was lovely most of the time, it just drizzled a bit whilst we were inside the art gallery. If we saw a shop in the main shopping area that we wanted to go in we did and I bought a jacket from a charity shop and a sausage and tomato pie from a butcher's shop, a type of pie I've never seen before but I did see them for sale in another shop...they must be popular in Hull.

Something I noticed, of course all the telephone boxes are cream coloured because Hull owns its own telecommuications company...and all the phone boxes are still in operation.

We started by having problems at the multi-storey carpark; the first payment machine didn't work and the second one was a different type and myself and Siobhan were really struggling until a young woman came over and helped us. It had a slot to put money in but it wasn't accepting cash and so we had to pay by card.

We encountered another problem when we needed to use the toilets in the shopping centre; we saw this sign and assumed it meant that the toilets were upstairs and the steps or lift were over to the right...we were wrong, they were actually straight ahead a bit and over to the right.

We then made our way down to the Old Town.

We couldn't go inside the Minster, it was closed for a private function.

We arrived at the Museum Quarter, fortunately all museums in Hull are free admission. We only briefly went inside the Hull and East Riding Museum; it seems to be mainly designed for children. We spent much longer inside the Streetlife Museum.

 

We got to the waterfront and went in a pub for a meal.

When we returned to the City Centre we went inside the Ferens Art Gallery. I enjoyed seeing the Dutch Old Masters again, although I thought there were a lot more the last time I was there. In one of the other galleries there was a display of work by young artists, I particularly liked this one and so took a photograph of it.

On the way back to Doncaster we stopped at Hessle and had a quick look round the shops - I got something for my tea.