Mount Pleasant Hotel and Rossington

Just a short local walk this morning organised at short notice so that I could get out in the countryside for a couple of hours to enjoy the sunshine, which has been very rare in recent days.

I caught the Worksop bus and travelled south on the Great North Road for a few miles to the Mount Pleasant Hotel and took the footpath that leads to Rossington Hall. I was assuming I'd be able to access the grounds of the hall, which I have done previously, but the route is now blocked by a locked gate. I then meandered through the local countryside, generally heading in a northerly direction back to the church at Rossington. 

The last time I was here this pile of rubble was a building, part of what remained at the time of an old quarry I think.

I noticed two of these remote-controlled machines painting the lines on the football pitches as I was heading towards the bus stop near the church. When I got there it was just after eleven o'clock and they were holding a Remembrance service at the cenotaph across from the church and so I stayed well away.

Fox House, Totley Bents, and Dore

It was misty today, not very good for taking photos and so I've only included a few.

The train arrived on time at Sheffield and so I was able to catch the 272 bus to Fox House. I walked across Totley Moor and then explored the Blacka Moor Nature Reserve, taking some paths I'd not used before. 

At Totley Bents there is a series of carvings of animals placed in various gardens and paddocks, they're quite hidden away, some of them in overgrown areas, and are difficult to photograph. I managed to capture five of them, but I spotted at least two more.

 

I then walked up the hill to Dore village and continued up to Hathersage Road to catch the bus to the city centre.

The highlight of my day, by a long way, was when a man got on the bus with a quite large dog sitting on his shoulders.