Fifteen walkers and one dog met outside the St John the Baptist church in Staveley in readiness for David’s 3.5 mile walk exploring the Chesterfield Canal in the Staveley area.
In case you are wondering what the Puddlebank is, here’s a description taken from the Chesterfield Canal Trust website.
Staveley Puddlebank is an incredibly important structure. It belies the notion that James Brindley only built contour canals. It is an embankment about 800 yards long and 30 feet high where it crosses the River Doe Lea. It was built entirely of interlocked clay blocks in 1776/77.
The walk took us through Norbriggs Flash Nature Reserve, along part of the Norbriggs cutting, finishing on a stretch of the Chesterfield Canal close to the basin. The featured image for this page shows the group infront of the new Trans-Pennine Trail bridge which crosses the canal at Hartington and replaces the old Great Central Railway bridge.
Many thanks to David for leading us on this lovely walk which had lots of points of interst.
