As far as that cyclist is concerned it would make me think if I had a stick I would shove it in is spokes! And yes I am a cyclist. The new highway code states that pedestrians have right of way over a cyclist! As a cyclist I have always given way to pedestrians. Even to the extent of stopping and getting off my bike. I have also had abusive comments thrown at me, some people think that they are God's and have the right over everyone else. It was especially horrible during covid time. I would try and go where I thought people didn't go for solitude.i still do.
What about the severed section of the canal at Ambergate? This occurred in the mid 1960s when Ambergate electricity substation was either expanded or possibly built. The canal was severed at this point. I walked the cansl route from Cromford to Ambgate before 2015. The canal at the Cromford terminal connected with the canal-that-never-was that became a railway. The Cromford and High Peak Railway.
@@TrekkingExploration i used kelham as a halfway point between kings Lynn and Macclesfield so can remember the old route taking you through Mansfield and Rainworth before they built all the new bypasses
As I understand it there'll be an extension from Stoke as a BR line* and an extension of the Churnet Valley line to Leek Brook Junction *I call NR tracks BR for ease.
Great video as always Ant, your choice of music gives it so much more atmosphere. I think you should do one on the abandoned section of the A21, just north of Lamberhurst, in Kent. Was always mad busy, but when the Lamberhurst bypass was built in 2010, it was cut off and left to go back to nature. Its a mystical section now, and hard to imagine what it was like. It would make a great video Ant
i'd always heard that in the ceiling of the tunnel there was little trapdoors to certain houses where a smuggler would put contraband before it's onward journey up the pannierways. I did'nt see any trapdoors!
Nice green walk with some splendid bridges and aerial shots. Good to see it's been made accessible, though sad to see inconsiderate and abusive cyclists. Thank you.
Good one as usual. The history of this place is just as important as somewhere like Derwent village. It's amazing how much remains of a place that was designed to be temporary. Looking forward to when you walk further up the valley to Slippery Stones although it's a bit remote. I think the bridge there was moved to avoid being submerged under the reservoir.
I cycle Cauldwell Road out of Sutton In Ashfield through the woods on a semi-regular occasion and find it indicative of a lot of the old roads in the area that were bisected when the new A Roads were built, many remained in service until higher traffic volume made them too dangerous to cross and nobody wanted to spend money to fix them so they were closed. a planning application was made to build houses on Cauldwell Road in the past couple of years though don't know if it's going ahead but I did have to laugh at one of the complaints against it as they said it would spoil the view! Of what? the Amazon Warehouse 🤔
Superb footage, the Railway must open again. So sad to see it all standing idle. I live in Lincolnshire and there is a Railway walk between Woodhall Spa and Horncastle.
So sad all those railways are gone but at least Ant you have now got amazing walkways and bridges that you can get up really close to. The colours in your video are beautiful. Thank you for all the info as you walk. So interesting. Well done. Brilliant filming.
You shoud'nt be sad, Ernie had a great time,till he had to flee for tax reasons and Profumo Scandel suspicions ! Taxpayer bought him loadsa property (run down) in London,Nice Chateux in France, gave him lots of Motorway Contracts, for his construction company. All he had to do for it was appoint Beeching to destroy a century of railway development nationwide. The Railway did need Rationalisation, BUT DEVESTATION OVER TWENTY YEARS ???
I really enjoyed this video it would be great to see the line reopened with a footpath beside. If Sustrans get hold of it though it will never reopen as a railway.
The girder bridges were built to enable quick repairs to be carried out in cases of possible mining subsidence, as there were many pits mainly in the Poynton area, which sits at the southern end of the Manchester coalfield. I have cycled the route many times as I live in Stockport. I now use the Poymton Coppice car park as a starting point for walks to Lyme Park and the moors that surround the Park. I believe I travelled on the line as a child bring taken from Stockport to Alton Towers in the 1960s. My father was a railway man and we would have joined the line at Middlewood after changing from the lower level station on the Stockport to Buxton line up the steps to the higher wooden platformed station Middlewood Higher.
The full line was only ever mothballed and legally it's trespassing to walk it, although hundreds do. There's a reasonable chance that it will now reopen after the redistribution of HS2 money.
Its a shame you cannot see that viaduct in all its glory what with all the new builds and bushes. If you didn't know it was there, you'd blink and you missed it. I don't live in the area but I always like a viaduct. A viaduct close to me might possibly be the Bushey Arches. I also like the viaduct in Newquay.
