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.
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