Twenty four walkers and two dogs gathered in the Broombank Park car park in readiness for Richard’s popular Five Ponds walk. Owing to some footpath improvements we were able to take more of the woodland paths on this occasion.
Our first pond, located close to Broombank Park, is used by Severn Trent for water treatment. Here, reed beds filter contaminants from former coal mines. Our second set of ponds belong to a fishing club in the heart of the Sheepbridge Industrial estate.
The third set of ponds on our walk belong to the Barlow Country Club. At this point in the walk some of the group had their coffee break in the nearby woods whereas others had drinks and snacks in the cafe. We passed the forth pond on route to Monk wood. It is privately owned but we could see it through the trees.
The last and smallest of the five ponds is near the Peak Resort Gateway.
With all five ponds ticked off our list we walked back to the car park. Many thanks to Richard for leading us on this enjoyable and informative walk.
The three lovely photos below were taken by Graham.
