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Midfield Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG17 9BZ

Looking east off the main Derby Road, which has another section running parallel to it - left and right off this picture.

A sharp rise up to the ridge forming Robin Hood's Hills. Behind the camera the land falls away again even more steeply.

Notts C C octagonal concrete post with slotted arms and octagonal cast-iron finial. An unusual survivor at a junction of classified roads, still standing alongside its modern counterpart.

A sharp rise up to the ridge forming Robin Hood's Hills

The path passes behind the back of houses on each side, and certainly existed before the houses to the right were built.

Older houses relating to the earlier mining industry mixed with later 20th century commuter-style development.

Romantically associated with the famous outlaw who would sit here at the cave entrance surveying the wealthy travellers passing through the valley below carrying their valuable wares. A very helpful local chap who lives nearby explained how him and other local children would play in the cave before the unstable sandstone bedrock led to the local council infilling the site. There's nothing to see now really - the area is obscured by heavy bracken, gorse and sycamore undergrowth, some of which I had to scrape away to even obtain this picture. One for the imagination I guess...

This combined farm track, bridleway and public footpath - off Nuncargate Road - leads to Grives Farm and beyond it to the "Top Car Park" of Portland Park Nature Reserve, a "Site of Special Scientific Interest".

Looking NNE up Derby Road. This long straight stretch of the A611 as it passes through Annesley is subject to a 30 mph speed limit. To enforce this, averaging speed cameras have been placed at intervals. One set of these can be seen on the left of this picture.

Whilst waiting at the traffic lights, I glanced across Derby Road at this house because the plaque caught my eye. It reads "AD 1904 Highest Point in Notts 609 feet above sea level". Having come down this road and had to apply quite a lot of braking to stop, I pondered the sign for a whole minute before the penny dropped - there was something wrong! Luckily, a fellow Geographer had been here before - Image Fortunately, I'm going to stop worrying about this inconsistency, because in about a year's time, the growth will have covered the plaque and all will be well again.