Hello and Welcome back to my blog 😊.

Yesterday I met up with Mick and Chris and we did a 9.5 mile Three Amigo walk in Robin Hood country. We met close to the bridge at Gunthorpe, near Nottingham. Chris was last arrival again, despite a good effort 😊. Better luck next time Chris!

Our circular route would take us along the banks of the river Trent then we headed past the gravel pits near Hoveringham, through the village of Caythorpe and back to Gunthorpe.

I was pleased that I was feeling no ill-effects following my 27.5 mile walk on Saturday. Myself and Mick had done this walk before but it was new for Chris. We had avoided it all year because the rain had flooded the river and the banks for a good part of the year.

We set off passing the impressive lock at Gunthorpe along The Trent Valley Way.

Heading along the grassed bank by the river it was a cloudy morning and we did get the odd spot of rain but it never amounted to much.

We passed friendly young cows and a cute lamb posed for a photo.

We stopped for a cuppa at memorials for the crew of a couple of crashed Lancaster bombers. RAF Syerston is quite close. They crashed on 12th Jan 1945 and 29th Jan 1945- so close to the end of the war. Chris later did some research and found this information https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/155608

There were plenty of native geese on the river which was nice to see.

A very quiet barge slipped past us gliding down the river – it must have been powered by battery we thought.

Quite unexpectedly we passed some lovely roses in a garden on the river bank which looked in much better shape than mine!

The Three Amigos were chatting about Robin Hood – did he exist in reality and what was his story. Follow the link to find out more. https://www.historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofEngland/Robin-Hood/

Another topic of conversation on the day was 70’s comedians ( remember the tv program ‘The wheel tappers and shunters club’? Classic British comedy🤣).

After leaving the river side we passed across fields and arrived at a lovely old mill building by a ford – Hoveringham Mill.

Walking past a couple of goats, that took no notice of us, we continued along pleased to find that a long path diversion that had been in place the last time we walked this route was now lifted.

We continued along the banks of a dyke taking us into the village of Caythorpe. The clouds were looking ominous.

Caythorpe is a quaint little village. I enjoyed looking at the nice cottages.

Soon we were heading across more fields bringing back into Gunthorpe and the end of our walk. It had been a nice walk and thankfully the rain held off.

Happy Walking! 😊🚶‍♂️