Hooton Roberts, Ravenfield, Conisbrough, and Old Edlington

I started today's local walk at Hooton Roberts, on the way to Rotherham. After photographing the church I crossed the road and headed down to Ravenfield, finding a path I'd not used before that first led into Ravenfield Park.

Just after I'd taken the previous photograph I passed a young woman with a dog which was carrying a stick so long that I couldn't get by it on the path and had to jump over it instead.

As I was climbing up out of the valley there were some nice views, which were unfortunately ruined by the pylons and power lines.

The church was the first place I reached at Ravenfield.

I think these are figs. I wasn't expecting to find them here, and certainly not to have fruit on the trees in December.

I then went across Ravenfield Common, walked along the road for a few hundred yards and headed back northwards towards Conisbrough - there are some extensive ruins at Conisbrough Lodge.

I had to push the horse out of my way when I needed to climb over a stile.

I needed to walk along the main trunk road and then turned right up Clifton Hill and continued along this road until I reached a short path that took me to Old Edlington.

I only managed to quickly take the one photograph at old Edlington because I could see the bus approaching, coming down the hill.

Old Edlington, Clifton, Ravenfield, Firsby, and Conisbrough Hill Top

I caught the bus to Old Edlington and walked up the hill along the road to the complicated double roundabout layout at Five Lane Ends

I turned right, heading towards Conisbrough, and a few minutes later turned left onto my first footpath of the day, leading across to Clifton. I walked through the village and took the path that goes along the ridge near to the top of Beacon Hill before descending, using the path that goes right alongside the motorway.

I headed west and then south, past Birk Lodge until I reached a road. I needed to walk on the grass verge for a hundred yards until a path that goes across Ravenfield Common to Ravenfield. As I was walking across the field on the approach to Ravenfield a police helicopter kept circling quite low above me and swooped even lower a couple of times - I suppose it added a bit of interest to the walk.

After photographing the church I continued across the field and along the narrow lane and went down into Ravenfield Park and did a circuit of the ponds, about half a mile I should think.

I continued going north, first to the hamlet of Firsby, and then to Conisbrough Hill Top on the main road, from where I caught one of the regular buses back home.