Marlene's Coffee Get-together
3rd Thursday morning of the month, 10.00 am at The Bluebird Cafe, 69 Main Street, Burton Joyce.
2019
18th April we went to Ploughman's Wood to see the bluebells, which were just coming out on a lovely sunny day, and we also spotted some lovely forget-me-nots.
21st March and we are back in Lowdham for another walk on a spring morning.
On 21st February we had a walk around Lowdham to see the snowdrops in and around the Churchyard.
17th January - On a very bright sunny but cold morning we walked along the river at Burton Joyce and returned via the Kingfisher Walk, unfortunately not seeing any Kingfishers. We did, however, see a flock of what we thought were some sort of Finch, very pretty with a pink breasts, they were having a good feed on the early sprouting fields.
2018
Even though it was 20th December the sun was shining for our walk in Burton Joyce, up Willow Wong along Corporation Row and down Bridle Road, Lambley Lane and crossing to the river road coming out at Trent Lane and heading for Bluebird Cafe.
On a bright cool day on 18th October,we had a lovely walk through Bulcote then up past Bulcote Church and along the back of Burton Joyce. Coming down the hill again and returning to the village for a nice cuppa at Rhubarbs.
On a lovely sunny day on 21st June we drove to Papplewick and then walked over to Newstead Abbey. At Newstead we had a coffee break and then went for a look around the Japanese and Rock Gardens. More pictures in Gallery Photos 2018
We were a bit late this year on 17th May, to go looking for bluebells at Ploughman's Wood, very few still flowering. We did however see quite a lot of wild garlic and another flower we could not name. Another enjoyable walk on a lovely day though.
On 19th April, one of the first hot days of 2018 we had a walk in Burton Joyce - up Willow Wong, along Lambley Bridle Road and then down Burton Joyce Bridle Road. We finished the walk with a welcome drink at the Blue Bird Cafe.
On 18th January we had a short, slightly muddy, but very pleasant walk at Lowdham, and found some of the first snowdrops of the year.
On Thursday 16th November we took the bus up to Southwell and walked around Norwood Park admiring the autumnal colours and enjoying the sunshine.
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On Thursday, 21st September, Marlene's Group went around Colwick Park, as it was rather wet for field paths, then went to Toby's for coffee.
Unfortunately our walk on Thursday, 17th August had to be cancelled because of heavy rain, typical as the rest of the week was lovely sunshine!
On 27th July, we drove to Hoveringham then walked along the river towards Bleasby via Gibsmere. It was a blustery day but we managed to finish our walk and get home before the torrential rain started around 12.30 pm
On 18th May we went back to Lowdham to see the view without a mist, see if the vines had grown and if the Highland cattle were still there. Lovely view, vines hadn't grown much but the hedgerows had and the cattle had moved.
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On 20th April we walked from Lowdham to Ploughman's Wood to see this year's bluebells. The day had started with rain
but by the time we reached the wood we had a beautiful blue sky. More photos in Gallery 2017. |
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On 23rd March, after a lot of rain earlier in the week, it was decided to stick to footpaths so we walked down to Stoke Lock and back. It was a lovely sunny day but very, very windy. We were joined at the Lock by a tame Robin.
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Once again we were joined by Floss for another misty morning walk on Thursday, 19th January around Gedling Park.
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Just a short walk on Thursday, 1st December, known as Kingfisher Walk, down to the river at Burton Joyce - but the photo is of a heron.
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On a misty morning on Thursday, 15th September, 4 of us and Floss the dog went for a walk above Lowdham and were surprised to come across Highland cattle and grape vines. The day's lovely sunshine did not appear until the afternoon.
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On Thursday, 25th August Marlene and 2 other took the bus along to Lowdham and walked half way through the village before turning up the side of the Indian restaurant and heading over the hill to Gonalston. From there we walked through Gonalston and did a circuit back round to Lowdham via Lowdham Mill, finishing with a welcome drink at Miss Molly's before the bus back to Burton Joyce.
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On the 26th May 6 of us drove to Epperstone and walked over the hill to Hollybeck Nurseries. We had some lovely views along the way, and a welcome drink in their cafe.
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Our walk on the 17th March remained in Burton Joyce. We walked up to the ridge at the back of the village for magnificent, if slightly misty, views over the village and river.
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Our walk on Thursday, 18th February started from Gonalston Farm Shop bus stop, we then walked down through Hoveringham past the lovely snowdrops and the Mill, and through Caythorpe and Lowdham. A welcome drink at the Magna Charta and then the bus back to Burton Joyce.
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