Shipley Country Park
- From Mapperley - Part 01
w/e 30 August 2015
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
This circular walk of some 2.5 miles passes through
the parishes of Mapperley and Shipley with the majority of it
being within the Country Park.
We parked in the middle of Mapperley Village and began the walk
near the Old Black Horse, a pub that has stood here for many
years and more can be read about it on Elaine Sarson's Mapperley Village website.
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We left the village by walking down Shipley Lane towards the
park.
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At the reservoir we turned off the lane at the tree on the left
to follow the path along the southern side of the water.
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Initially there were intermittent views across the water to the
other side of the reservoir.
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Then more trees intervened between the water and the path which
hugged the boundary fence.
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Among the trees there were some very impressive specimens.
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Eventually the path turns away from the fence and heads northwards
to cross a channel via this footbridge at the western end of
the reservoir.
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Soon after the bridge the path continues along the northern bank
of the reservoir back to Shipley Lane but we left it to pick
up another track heading north to Bell Lane.
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At Bell Lane we turned to the east and were surprised when a
runner suddenly appeared silently from behind us and quickly
disappeared into the distance. He can just be seen here further
along the lane.
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As we walked along Bell Lane we passed the entrance to Flat Meadow
Farm and continued towards Derby Lodge. We'll pick up the route
a little closer to that Lodge at the start of Part 02 and complete
the circuit back to Mapperley Village.
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