Visiting The Black Rocks - Epic Views Across The Peak District
In this adventure I head to The Black Rocks located in the beautiful Derbyshire Peak District. The Black Rocks are a small outcrop of natural gritstone and in this video I climb up on top of the rocks to enjoy the breath-taking views across Derbyshire. I also talk about the history of the area and take in the stunning scenery!
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Cuckoo Way Walk Part 1 - Disused Canals - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore
Cuckoo Way Walk Part 1 - Chesterfield Canal Missing Section Explore.
In part 1 of our expore of the missing section of the Chesterfield Canal, we start at the end of already restored section at Staveley basin and follow the path of the abandoned canal through Renishaw and up to Killamarsh.
As a bonus, we also take a look at the former route between Renishaw and Killamarsh that was replaced with a straigher alignment with the arrival of the Great Central Railway.
The Chesterfield Canal Trust and Derbyshire Council have an ambitious plan to reinstate the missing section of approx 9 miles of disused canal. We look at the size of the task involved.
Chapters:
00:00 Staveley Canal Basin & intro
03:57 Staveley to Renishaw
06:42 Renishaw Restored Section & Old Ironworks
11:54 Former Alignment Pre-Railway
18:49 Arrival of the Railway (Renishaw to Killamarsh)
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Disused Railway Explore - Barlborough - LD&ECR Beighton Branch
Disused Railway Explore - LD&ECR Barlborough - Beighton Branch
We explore the disused LDECR (Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway) Beighton Branch between the M1 motorway at Barlborough and Sheffield Road at Renishaw, Derbyshire.
A short section that is a little off the beaten path, with minimal footpaths on the trackbeds compared to other sectoins of the line.
We look at a few old bridges and an old platelayers hut left for nature to take over.
The LD&ECR Beighton Branch closed in sections, with this section closing in 1967.
As well as the old LDECR, we also can see remains of the Cottam colliery and Hazels Brickworks nearby, which had links to the main line. Remains of the old engine house can be found in a field close to the line.
00:00 Intro
00:33 - LDECR
03:25 - Disused Bridge
08:05 - Abandoned Hut
16:17 - Cottam Colliery Engine House
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Chesterfield Canal Low Water Levels and Stoppage
Why is the water so low on the Chesterfield Canal?
A short video from a trip to Chesterfield, Tapton Lock and Hollingwood Hub. In July 2022 due to low river levels on the River Rother, the Environment Agency issued a hands off. That is a request not to take any water from the river.
This meant that blockages had to be placed at locks, sluice gates closed and canal water levels so low that boats cannot navigate along the western section.
Disused Railway Station Walkaround - Clowne & Barlborough, Derbyshire
Disused Railway Station Walkaround - Clowne & Barlborough, Derbyshire
This is a walkaround of the site of the former Midland station in Clowne.
The Clowne Branch of the Midland Railway opened in 1888 and saw trains stop between Mansfield and Chesterfield. The Clowne Branch itself runs from Cresswell to Staveley/Barrow Hill.
The station opened in 1888, called Clown. With no 'e'.
In 1938, the London Midland and Scottish railway renamed the station to Clown & Barlborough. The e was not added to Clown until 1951.
Sadly passenger services were on the decline in the town and ceased a few years later in 1954.
A few special trains called after this point, but only freight traffic was seen after this.
Freight traffic stopped in 1992 and the lines are now removed.
Incidentally, right next door can be found Clowne's other station on the neighbouring Lancashire, Derbyshire & East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) - known at it's closure as Clowne South. This is also now closed.
These days the Clowne branch through Clowne is well used as a recreational trail - the Clowne Greenway.
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CLOWNE: Bolsover Parish #15 of 16
Mentioned in the Domesday Book as “Clune”, this one’s name is derived from the Celtic word “Clun” for a river, and in Harlesthorpe which forms a part of the town here, there is a street called Clune Street which has a playing field name after it – both of which allude to the former name of the place.
In the 17th century the was a rural farming community. Some buildings still stand from this date, notably the Anchor Inn and Sheridon's Yard. When the plague struck in 1586 and 1606, victims were buried away from the village at Monument Field or Plague Field – the same field which was mentioned in the Barlborough episode, giving its name to the Monnies Trail
Most of its amenities are clustered together around a pretty tight town centre. Recently, some regeneration of the town centre has taken place including the opening of a large Tesco supermarket, a Wilko store and Aldi supermarket. The tesco store also has a petrol station as well.
Two railway stations served the town. Since their closure, the nearest operational station is Creswell, on the Robin Hood line between Worksop and Nottingham via Mansfield. But what of those former stations? Well, you may not be able to travel on trains here anymore but you can certainly see where these stations were and where the railway line was.
A thirty minute introduction then to one of Bolsover’s biggest – this is CLOWNE.
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Pinxton Main Event Funfair & Fireworks September 2023
We had an amazing first ever visit to Pinxton Main Event Funfair & Fireworks on Saturday! ???? It was great to see it so well supported with hundreds of people all coming together to enjoy a night at the fair with fireworks aswell to end the night in style, there was a great range of rides here too, including possibly the fastest Tagada in the UK (I was very dizzy ????), Mexican Wave which is such a good Jump N Smile, aswell as Gravity Rotor which has come all the way up from the South! Along with that loads of other rides & attractions here, the fireworks were amazing too & it was a free entry event which meant everyone could come and enjoy it! ????????
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Cromford Part 1 ~ Discovering Derbyshire
Part 1 of our walk around Cromford, Derbyshire where the Arkwrights built their mill, on a very wet, grey day.
In this part we start in Cromford Warf and join the High Peak Trail, the old railway joining the Cromford Canal to Whaley Bridge.
Part 2 continues our walk when we join the Cromford Canal where we find a link to Florence Nightingale, and the dogs get even wetter!
UK Holiday Pics (Slideshow)
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Crich Railway - Butterley Gangroad and the World's Oldest Railway Tunnel
Crich Railway/Tramway - Butterley Gangroad and the World's Oldest Railway Tunnel
We are back in the Amber Valley for the 4th and final part of our lost Derbyshire series. This time we're looking tracing the route of the former Benjamin Outram Crich Railway. Tramway or Tramroad as it's also referred, but was better known as the Butterley Gangroad.
We start at the southern end at Amber Wharf where the former tramroad met with the Cromford Canal and later the Midland Railway. Lime kilns can still be seen from the old Bulbridge Limeworks.
History is littered across the area and shortly after climbing out of the Amber Wharf area we see a very old bridge crossing the narrow lane. This is Droves Way bridge and dates back to the mid 1800s. The
The original tramway opened in 1793 as a horse drawn tramway on L-shaped rails. Upon the arrival of stream around 50 years later, the track was re-aligned on most of the route to iron out the kinks.
Next we arrive at the charming village of Fritchley. A sleepy village that in recent years has found itself planted into the history books. When John and Sally moved in to their dwellings 30+ years ago, they were unaware that not only were they buying a house, but were inheriting what turned out to be the worlds oldest railway tunnel. The existence of the tunnel was known, but a number of years ago they were suprised to discover that the north tunnel portal of the Fritchley Tunnel was still intact at the end of their garden. In fact, not just the tunnel, but 200 yards of trackbed and historic embankment.
The entrance to the tunnel was dug out in 2013 as part of the Gangroad Project and inside the tunnel was documented. The Guinness Book or Records recognise the Fritchley Tunnel as the worlds oldest railway tunnel.
Moving further up the line, we arrive at the Hat Factory. Site of old cottages, the engine shed and where the line splits in two to the Warner Quarry and Hilts quarry.
And that is the end of the line as far as we can see.
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Thanks for Phil for all his efforts, knowledge and time spent exploring with me. The local knowledge and valuable insights made it a special journey.
Thanks to John and Sally for the hospitaility at Fritchley, telling the story and showing us around their beautiful garden.
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What's left of England's oldest motorway?
I go and have a brief explore around the Preston Bypass, which was mostly rebuilt in 1993-95 to discover what's left of it from 1958.
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Abandoned Cromford Canal & Restoration - Butterley & Codnor Park Locks
Abandoned Cromford Canal & Restoration - Butterley Tunnel, Langley Mill Restoration & Codnor Park Locks, Derbyshire.
In this video we are back on the Cromford Canal disused sections to look at what history is left behind. We pick up our story at Butterley Tunnel where we left off on our last episode in Derbyshire -
The Butterley tunnel collapsed in 1900, which accelerated the demise of the canal, which due to the railways was already in decline. It was over 3000 yards long.
We look at one of the air shafts near Butterley Reservoir before picking up the route of the canal at the eatern tunnel portal at Golden Valley. We can then follow the canal as far as Codnor Park Reservoir and the junction with the also disused Pinxton Canal - another abandoned canal arm.
From here we see a series of locks and interesting buildings before reaching the Portland Whard at Jacksdale. We can investigate the old Portland tramway and connecting railways from the nearby Forge.
After here, the canal takes on a more lost feeling, completely infilled in places. As we approach Langley Mill, we can see the Beggarlee restoration plans where a short section north of the Erewash Canal will be restored.
The Cromford Canal is mostly cared for by it's custodians 'Friends of Cromford Canal'. Already in water towards Cromford, High Peak Junction and Leawood, there are ambitious canal restoration plans further affield.
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The Cromford Canal Disused Section
Lost Derbyshire Part 2 - Cromford Canal Disused Section
We are back in the Amber Valley on the Cromford Canal between Ambergate and Butterley Tunnel for our next installment of lost history exploring.
The Cromford Canal is mostly cared for by it's custodians 'Friends of Cromford Canal'. Already in water towards Cromford, High Peak Junction and Leawood, there are ambitious canal restoration plans further affield.
We start at the end of the in water section as it enters Ambergate. Once the site of George Stephensons limeworks. Straight away we encounter the site of the Hag Tunnel, long burried but we can see a shaft by the eastern portal. Upon exiting the tunnel we see the site of the former Ambergate Stevenson Dye Works. Closed in 2006 and now a building site for new housing.
As we continue along the towpath, the historic canal features come thick and fast. We pass what used to be Amber Whare - the junction with the Butterley Gangroad. Claimed to be the worlds oldest railway. Little remains now at the Wharfe from a canal perspective, but we can see the aquaduct over Drovers Lane.
The tunnel
Next up is the site of the Bullbridge Aquaduct. Again, fully demolished but we can get an idea of the scale of the crossing as it spanned the River Amber, Midland Railway and the A610 below.
Sawmills Gauging Stop, Buckland Hollow Tunnel and Stavehimvaley bridge come and go as we continue our walk. The canal then enters are more rural setting as it approahes towards Hatshay and the Hartshay Wharfe - once a location where coal was carried on a railway before being loaded onto the barges.
After negotiating the A610, which rudely interrupts the flow of the towpath, we descend on the the final approach to the Butterley Tunnel.
The tunnel collapsed in 1900, which accelreated the demise of the canal, which due to the railways was already in decline. We can see the western portal, which was added upon construction of the A38 some years ago.
There are plans to reinstate more of the canal we see on this video to compliment the existing Cromford Canal north of Ambergate.
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COLLINGHAM: Newark and Sherwood Parish #31 of 84
Next to Sutton on Trent, this is the largest village so far within Newark and Sherwood that this channel has seen. Its boundaries cover the main village and also a couple of small hamlets out towards the A46, the major dual carriageway between Lincoln and Newark. One of those is Brough which stands on the site of the Roman town of Crococalana, which grew around a military fort in the 1st century AD.
The main, modern village is all one place, but early Danish settlers here split it into two separate settlements. The Danes called one half Northbie and the other Southbie. Later in Medieval times, it existed as two parishes. The village is now one long settlement following the Fleet, which until this episode, I hadn’t learned was once the old course of the River Trent. Why hadn’t that ever come up before I ask you?
On the High Street we have a point of interest. This is a cross and it’s believed to date to the 14th century. Originally it stood on the other side of the road. Some believe it to be an Eleanor Cross, but that can’t be true, as Collingham was not on the route Queen Eleanor took to London. A market cross seems more likely, but there’s no evidence for that
The very centre of village life surrounds the Memorial Hall, which acts as a vital community hub with eleven noticeboards going to show how much stuff goes on in village, even though a couple of them were empty. There’s a history board in the village centre, well worth a read. There’s only so much I can tell you in these episodes. The village’s history runs very, very deep
It was very early on a Saturday morning so I had this village all to myself near enough. That village is COLLINGHAM.
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Helen Flunder - Sun (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “Angels” (H. Flunder)
Helen Flunder - “C Song” (H. Flunder)
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Derbyshire Disused Railway - Butterley, Ripley, Heanor, Langley Mill
Derbyshire Disused Railway - The lost Midland Railway between Butterley, Ripley, Heanor, Langley Mill.
We start this latest disused railway explore at the Butterley Midland Railway Centre. A preserved line between Pye Bridge and Butterley. At the end of the line is the halt of Hammersmith, alongside the former Butterley Junction where the line to Ambergate left the line we are looking at today.
leaving behind the preserved line, we take a left turn over what was the old viaduct above the yard of Pentrich Colliery. This viaduct remained in some form until the construction of the A38 trunk road.
We head towards Ripley, where we pass under various bridges on the Ripley Greenway cycle path. In Ripley we see the cutting where the former Ripley Station was located. Now long gone and little evidence other than retaning walls.
Continuing along the Ripley Greenway, we pass the old Ripley Colliery site on the left before our line takes a fork. The right towards Marehay Junction, Denby and Derby. To the left towards Heanor and Langley Mill.
The line has been reprofiled and eaten by development, however we can pick up the tracked near the old Waingroves Colliery and the story of an arch bridge, that is now a steel bridge. The Waingroves Colliery private line can also be explored, although resembles more of a nature trail these days.
Along the old line was Cross Hill and Codnor Station, which is long gone. The old station at Heanor is a similar tale, lost forever. However at Loscoe Dam we can see a few fine examples of bridge abutments in classic Midland Railway style.
We finish on the outskirts of Langley Mill, where the line joined with the Erewash Valley line and a former platform at Langley Mill station. A few more old bridges constructed by the Butterley Company can be seen.
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Chesterfield Canal Restoration Part 4 - A New Aqueduct
In part 4 of our Chesterfield Canal Restoration Series we look at the recent news of the new Doe Lea Aqueduct and visit the site of the missing aqueduct as it is today. We also have a pass through the latest on the Rewatering Renishaw project.
The Chesterfield Canal Trust are planning the restore the missing 9 miles of canal. Hopefully by 2027, which will be the canals 250th birthday. The James Brindley designed Chesterfield Canal was opened in 1777.
Starting at Staveley, the next section to be restored is the Staveley Puddlebank between the current end of the navigation and the proposed aqueduct. At the time of publishing, the deisng of the aqueduct was out to tender, but the artist impression gives an idea on what we can expect.
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The Farm in the M62 Motorway
A drone hyper-lapse of the M62 Motorway in Yorkshire which features the famous farm built right in the middle of the 6 lane motorway.
Mansfield & Pinxton Railway 1819-2019
The bicentennial commemoration of probably England's oldest railway. This involved retracing the steps of the inauguration of the railway in April 1819.
The Link N' Chord rail tour through Worksop 19/02/22
Rail tour company Pathfinder ran a tour called The Link N' Chord . Here it is passing through Worksop railway station on 19.02.22.