Southwell Trail (October 2018)

For a number of reasons I didn't really go too far away from home during the second half of October. This restricted the photography to walks along the Southwell Trail and I will show the best of the photos over the next few posts.

This particular selection covers a section of the trail from the old station in Farnsfield to the Old Rufford Road. When the railway was operational there would have been a bridge over the road presumably taking trains to the collieries in Blidworth and Rainworth. Today, the trail ends with a sharp bank down to the main road, although I normally turnaround at this point as the return walk along the trail is a more interesting than the circular route via the roads.

From a photographic point of view, I like this section for the slight incline away from the trail providing a good point of view for the trees that grow as part of hedging. It also has an open aspect which receives over the shoulder sunlight in the afternoons and evenings, as demonstrated in the following set of photographs: