7) Clipstone West signal box
8) Crossing the road past the fabulous Dog & Duck, sadly with not so fabulous website: http://www.thedogandduck.info/index.html. My eyes! It hurts my eyes!
9) Swivelling round, in a field opposite the Dog & Duck lie the remains of King John's Palace: http://www.britannia.com/tours/rhood/kjpalace.html
10) Mooooo. And Baby Mooooo
11) Quick shot of some interesting typography...
12) ...then panning out to reveal feeding troughy thing (official term) and a glimpse of the grade 2 listed headstocks at what remains of Clipstone colliery, which closed in 2003. They're the tallest in Europe, headstock fans.
13) Gerrof moi laaand. Can't disagree with the sentiment
14) Passing some graffitied industrial buildings
15) Along the trail past the back of the Clipstone colliery site
16) Onwards through an old railway bridge
17) A little further on down the path I arrived at Vicar Water Country Park, once a spoil heap of Clipstone colliery, now reclaimed as a beauty spot with walking and cycling routes aplenty. And fishermen. Lots of fishermen. Clamber atop the old spoil heap for a nice view or stroll around Vicar Pond, a Victorian fishing lake: http://www.newark-sherwooddc.gov.uk/ppimageupload/Image16472.PDF
20) After cutting back to the main road through Clipstone to grab a bottle of pop, I wander along past this old half mine shaft wheel, one of many such monuments in the region, testament to the area's mining history
After this bit it's all uninteresting industrial estates and car dealerships leading to my workplace on the outskirts of Mansfield, so that's all folks. Thanks for wandering with me :)