Monday 6 August 2018

Route 6 Workday

6 August 2018

Our workday today was a little outside that of the White Peak, however In the interests of covering routes   where group  members live, we agreed to spend the day on Route 6 in Nottinghamshire. Our task was to ride from Vicar Water (Clipstone) to Newstead Abbey checking signage and the condition of the route. Before setting off we enjoyed a coffee at Rumbles cafe in the visitor centre. Almost immediately after starting from the car park at Vicar Water, we replaced a well weathered sign with a shiny new one and added a repeater sign giving clear directions to join Rte 6. 




We continued along the route towards Newstead Abbey replacing signs where necessary and  adding few new ones to ensure that users do not get lost. Some of the existing signing was barely visible so undergrowth was cleared to make them noticeable. This section of route 6 is mainly off road and takes you along some lovely trails through Sherwood Forest and along disused railway lines. This route also takes you into the very attractive Newstead Abbey country park where we had lunch at the cafe.



As you can see we are now sharing the route with some more unusual users (Huskies)!




We retraced our ride  back to Vicar Water making a detour in Sherwood Forest along Route 645, where we found a Rte 645 metal finger post that had been completely knocked over. This will be followed-up to have it reinstated, as it is located at a T-junction and obviously without it, there is no indication which way to go.





Many thanks to David & Catherine Rooke (Catherine joined us at Vicar Water but was unable to ride as she had hurt her arm - but was with us in spirit) and David Gray for their sterling work and support on a very hot workday!


1 comment:

  1. A great day - hardly "work"!! Would definitely recommend the ride for anybody who hasn't ever done it. It is not too far to go and well worth the effort.

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