Previously on Martyn’s Blog… I was in Matlock on Friday 23rd April. After a lovely morning wandering up and down the streets of the town, and the glorious Hall Leys Park, it was time to head down the A6 to Matlock Bath. At the end of Hall Leys Park, the pathway up to the Pic…… Continue reading Return to Matlock and Matlock Bath (Part 2)
Month: May 2021
Return to Matlock and Matlock Bath (Part 1)
Back in April 2019, I visited Matlock and Matlock Bath in the Peak District, Derbyshire for the first time. Two years later, I fancied a return trip, so on Friday 23rd April 2021, I did just that. I wasn’t originally going to do a blog post about this trip, but after editing the photos, I…… Continue reading Return to Matlock and Matlock Bath (Part 1)
East Midlands Ranger Area Station #47 – Syston
Today, Monday 17th May 2021, I ticked off station number 47 on the list of stations in the East Midlands Ranger Area when I made the trip to Leicestershire to visit Syston (pronounced “sigh-stun”). I hadn’t been to Leicestershire since the late summer of 2019, due to the area being placed under a strict local…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #47 – Syston
Willington, Repton and Newton Solney
It was a fine and sunny May day when I left the house to have an explore around Willington, Repton and Newton Solney. At least it was when I left the house. “What sort of weather did you have on this trip?” I hear you ask. All of it, would be my answer. It rained,…… Continue reading Willington, Repton and Newton Solney
Scalpcliffe Woods, Stapenhill
One of the local places in Burton on Trent (Stapenhill, to be exact) on my long list of places to visit was Scalpcliffe Woods, a nature reserve located near Stapenhill Cemetery. So, on the last day of April 2021, I set out on the journey there. I was expecting a nice, leisurely stroll around some…… Continue reading Scalpcliffe Woods, Stapenhill
East Midlands Ranger Area Station #46 – Attenborough
It was a cold start to May 2021, and my latest trip out on the trains. It was early on a Saturday morning, 1st May, when I ticked off station number 46 of 76 on the East Midlands Ranger Area challenge, Attenborough in Nottingham. I had passed through Attenborough many times before on trips to…… Continue reading East Midlands Ranger Area Station #46 – Attenborough
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