Wentworth, Elsecar, Wath upon Dearne, and Manvers

I caught the train to Rotherham and then the Barnsley bus to Wenntworth to start my walk today. Wentworth is a really pretty village with plenty to see.

After exploring the village I headed across the field down to Elsecar to visit the Heritage Centre. On the way the path passes through a wood and a man went out of his way to tell me that he's very concerned because he's not seen any acorns this year and some oak trees are covered in a white fungus. For the rest of the walk I looked out for oaks but only spotted a few and there were definitely no acorns either on the trees or on the ground...I didn't see any white fungus though.

There has been some recent renovation work at Elsecar, improving the conditions underfoot.

I then headed northeast using the towpath of the Elsecar Canal until I reached the TransPennine Trail near to Brampton Bierlow. This section was rather boring and so I didn't take many photographs.

I called in for refreshments at The Bull Bell Inn; £6 for a pint of Pepsi Max and a bag of salt and vinegar crisps is rather expensive.

I had nearly an hour unril my bus to Doncaster was due and so walked to Wath town centre and then continued on to the bypass to wait for the bus.

Carlton in Lindrick, Wallingwells, Letwell, and Langold

I'd heard that there might be problems with the trains today and so caught a local bus to Carlton in Lindrick in Nottinghamshire: I travelled to the south of the village, and got off near to the church.

I walked over to Wallingwells Wood, and then Wallingwells, which isn't a village or even a hamlet, it's just a collection of isolated properties. I then headed north and then northwest to Letwell, a pretty village, and then eastwards to Langold to catch the bus back to Doncaster.

The church at Letwell was open; I don't think I've been inside before.

Beverley and Howden

Another trip with my support worker to Beverley and Howden today. We usually go at least once a year to Beverley, it's my destination of choice when it's nice weather and there's nothing happening anywhere else. I haven't been to Howden for about ten years though.

The next few photographs feature St. Mary's Church: the minster is at the other end of town, too far for Siobhan to have to be walking.

On the way back home to Doncaster we stopped at Howden for a couple of hours.

Windmill, Great Hucklow, Bretton, Eyam Moor, and Hathersage

I'm now convinced that I've walked along every footpath I can easily reach in the Peak District in both directions and so I'm starting to plan walks covering stretches of road I've not walked along.

Today I caught the 257 bus to the hamlet of Windmill; the bus stop where I got off is very uneven and overgrown - I had to leap into a clump of brambles and nettles.

I immediately walked down the path to Great Hucklow which runs parallel to, and only a few yards from the road.

I continued on through the village, taking the road to Bretton; it's blocked because of a landslip but the locals don't seem to be concerned as it looks like they've re-opened it themselves.

About a mile beyond Bretton the tarmec road turns down to Eyam but my route went straight ahead using a 'byway open to all traffic.' I only stayed with this for a few hundred yards before going onto the open access land of Eyam Moor...it was rather windy and chilly standing next to the trig point.

As I was coming down off the moor into Bretton Clough I noticed a mark on a rock which is laid flat and used as part of the footpath; it looked like an Ordnance Survey benchmark to me - I thought they were only placed on buildings though. If it is an official benchmark it's certainly the first one I've stood on.

I walked along the bottom of Bretton Clough to Hazelton Hall and then the road to Hathersage - I had an hour to wait for the bus back to Sheffield.