Conisbrough, Old Edlington, Wadworth, New Rossington, Old Rossington, and Bessacarr

I woke up too late this morning to go walking in the Peak District. I had a disturbed night's sleep because of a head cold that I've picked up, the third this winter...plus a bout of the flu.

It's been another lovely day and I didn't want to waste it, so I went on a local walk, from Conisbrough over to the Great North Road.

I got off at the last of the bus stops at Conisbrough on Doncaster Road before the bus turns off to serve the shops, and walked up Clifton Lane; it's quite steep and I could feel that my thigh muscles were weak. It meant walking along a road for over a mile before reaching a short footpath going over to Old Edlington - there's a lovely decommissioned church there.

I went down the lane and through Edlington Wood, passing under the motorway to reach Wadworth; there's a nice church there as well. 

I continued heading east down a country lane and then a footpath to reach New Rossington, a former pit village consisting mainly of housing estates. I crossed over the River Torne, the only Yorkshire river that empties into the Trent.

My third church of the day, at Old Rossington, is equally as attractive as the other two I photographed.

I finished the walk by taking a footpath heading to the north out of Old Rossington, passing over the Torne again, this time two parallel channels. I continued, walking through the golf course and then woodland until I reached Bawtry Road at Bessacarr. 

Tickhill, Harworth, and Rossington

I waited for the heaviest of the rain to pass this morning before catching the bus to Tickhill, about eight miles away.

After taking these photographs I walked down to the millpond and castle area and then across the fields and through the golf course to Harworth. There's not much to see at the castle, it's private property and is only open to the public for one day a year; the millpond is attractive but none of my photographs were any good because of the murky conditions.

The sign greeting me when I entered Harworth at least provided a bit of colour for the blog though.

I visited the church and then headed off to the north along the road leading back to Tickhill; I needed to keep crossing and re-crossing this road because of the narrow verges and poor visibility.

I briefly entered Tickhill from the east before taking a lane at the back of some industrial units. After about a mile I came across an organised metal detecting event in a field at the side of the track I was taking.

Not much later the track veered off to the left but the footpath continued straight ahead.

For a few hundred yards I was walking right next to the River Torne, the only Yorkshire river that flows into the Trent...I'm not including the River Idle because it only briefly forms a very short section of the county boundary at Bawtry.

I finished the walk at the church at Rossington - I had to wait for four trains to pass at the level crossing in the village.

My map doesn't show the new airport link road and since I don't know how the footpaths might have been diverted I decided to forfeit the final mile or so of my intended walk and caught the bus back into town at the bus stop across the road from the church.