Fitzwilliam isn't a very nice place to start a walk, but it's easy to reach on the train on a Sunday morning. I left the station, passed through a housing estate and then walked across the fields to South Hiendley, another village that isn't very attractive.
I like to see nice clear signage that's not rude or threatening.
I walked through South Hiendley and continued along the road towards Hemsworth to have a look at the almshouses, the highlight of the walk...there's a lot more than you can see just by passing on the road.
More walking along the road was required until I reached a footpath leading to Brierley.
At the southern end of the village I joined the Barnsley Boundary Walk which I followed to Thurnscoe.
From a distance I thought that this broken off concrete post was a stylised owl sculpture.
The approach to Grimethorpe Wood is quite picturesque; I saw my first bluebells of the season...but didn't see any later when I was inside the wood.
I didn't see any tanks in the next wood either.
There are a few pretty cottages in Clayton....the first photograph is obviously a barn though.
I noticed this plaque on a wall; after looking through the first three pages of search results returned by Google I'm still none the wiser as to what a 'hooping ring' is though.
More photographs of Clayton...
I walked along Chapel Lane at Thurnscoe so that I could reach Phoenix Park, and then Goldthorpe quicker, from where I caught the bus back to Doncaster...I only had six minutes to wait.
UPDATE: I've been told what a hooping ring is. It's what was used when the metal rims of wooden cartwheels needed to be repaired or replaced. Thanks to Scott on the Walkers' Forum Facerbook page.
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