I travelled to Ranskill today, three miles south of Bawtry on the Great North Road. There's not anything interesting to see there and so I immediately walked down the road towards Daneshill Lakes Nature Reserve before taking the path across the fields to Sutton-cum-Lound.
I left the village and headed to the east, and then south along a path which led to Idle Valley Country Park.
[I can't decide which composition I prefer - each one is telling a different story.]
I don't think I took the quickest way through a short section of Idle Valley Country Park, but along the route I was able to take a few photographs.
I walked down the road to the Chesterfield Canal and walked along the towpath for a mile and a half.
I spotted that there was a permissive footpath going through Barnby Fox Covert. The path looped back and returned to the canal, just a few yards further along the towpath. At one point, if I'd chosen to I think there was a quicker route going to Barnby Moor, where I finished the walk. As it was though I arrived at the bus stop and had less than a minute to wait.
