The Blidworth Colliery Disused Railway / Rufford Branch - Explore by Cycle

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The Blidworth Colliery Disused Railway / Rufford Branch - Explore by Cycle
Apologies in advance there are a few moments of pixilated footage for some unknown reason.
This time i explore the former railway route to Blidworth Colliery in Nottinghamshire.
Closed in 1989, i swap 2 feet for 2 wheels and enjoy a ride along this former trackbed via the old Rufford Coal Stocking site. Additional Music by Scott Buckley - released under CC-BY 4.0.
www.scottbuckley.com.au

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5 июл 2024

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@roytabberer7427 4 года назад

Very, very enjoyable, thanks for bringing the countryside to our screens. Enjoyed your cycling and drone flying together.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Much appreciated thank you for your kind comment and glad you enjoyed it 😊

@richardhind617 4 года назад

The concrete structure in the embankment was a unloading point for coal trucks. Blidworh also had a second line into to the pit from the mansfield to southwell line, some of a deep cutting and a wall from the bridge under southwell road is still there. Loving the videos as I have lived in Rainworth all my life.

@Sim0nTrains 4 года назад

Lovely bike ride, defiantly a thumbs up!

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Cheers Simon, it made a change from walking lol

@richardsnow 3 года назад

Cycled this today, these video's are great tools and so well done. You ought to have a little show on Notts TV!

@ianmcquade7397 4 года назад

Another little gem

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thanks Ian :)

@RedZu1 3 года назад

Lived rainworth ways years ago this is very nice to see, another great video

@AberystwythStation 4 года назад

Hi Ant. A lovely and enjoyable bike ride. Nice to a be able to come along with you 👍. The mile posts looked incredible, and with paint on still, could you ask for more? (other than visible numbers! 😉). I'm slightly puzzled about the concrete shaft, not a common object I've seen before. Stay safe mate, GWR

@johnmasters504 4 года назад

The old railways i explored were......Chatteris to March, Chatteris to Somersham, St Ives to Histon, Ramsey North to Holme, Hunstanton to Heacham, Coldham to Wisbech, Wansford to Peterborough, Kings Lynn to Middleton Towers, Whitemoor Yard, Toton Yard, Wells Next the Sea Quay Line, Wisbech to Upwell, Wisbech Dock Branch, Great Yarmouth Quay line, Lowestoft Quay line, Weymouth Quay line, the full length of the Blackpool Tramway, Wisbech North to Tydd, the closed Skegness minature railway, Kings Lynn docks and branches, and probably quite a few more......love your colliery videos.....

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hello Lee, that's quite a long list! I'm pleased you like the Colliery Video's, the next one involves the Calverton Colliery Branch.

@johnmasters504 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration Will look forward to it, I look them up in my rail atlas, 49 in Nottinghamshire i believe

@martinmarsola6477 2 года назад

Thanks for the video and chat, Ant! Your the best.

@TrekkingExploration 2 года назад

Cheers Martin 🙂🙂

@seamusmcevoy2011 4 года назад

Blimey mate, cycling/talking to camera/flying a drone, is there no end to your talents!!! That was a nice spin through history along some very well surfaced cycle tracks, once again Nottinghamshire makes Lincolnshire look poor in comparison, you picked a lovely day for it to. The Sherwood Pines piece at the start brought back some lovely memories of riding through the site with my Son back in 2007, thanks.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It made a nice change didn't it? It was a sod making sure I had it all in the correct order. Bike cam, my cam, drone and phone 🤣 I also filmed the return journey in real-time. I may upload it... I didn't see a sole in Sherwood Pines

@seamusmcevoy2011 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration It's the same around here, no-one around anywhere. My Son Kieran and I took the dog out for a stroll this afternoon, we walked for about an hour and didn't see a single person or car at all. It's great for the whole of nature, the animals must be wondering what the hell is going on with all this silence. When I was out taking that photo of Venus the other night I heard some rustling in the bushes, then out came a hedgehog just doing his thing and loving the quiet!!

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

@@seamusmcevoy2011 woodpeckers too! Never heard so many! 😀

@thomasmann9216 4 года назад

Beautiful day for a ride.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hi Thomas it certainly was. I'd like to do another like this in the future 😀

@HobbiesAndSunshine 4 года назад

Thank you Ant, another great video. A nice change to cycle it.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it, it made a lovely change didn't it? Thank you 😀

@lindamccaughey8800 4 года назад

Well that was just great. You made me jog to keep up with bike, lol. Really enjoyed that. Stay safe

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hey Linda hope you are okay ❤️

@lindamccaughey8800 4 года назад

Bought a treadmill so I can exercise so all good thanks

@villageeejut 4 года назад

another great video of my local area, I'm regularly out cycling so I'm sure we'll cross paths at some point

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It's possible, i do want to do the Rufford Colliery area again :)

@DavidJones-xi9cv 4 года назад

Thanks for the great videos, it looks like a lovely route. Very tempted to give this ride a go myself. Take care thanks again 👍

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

You should! Its mostly a good surface and flat, mostly :) Glad you enjoyed it :)

@DavidJones-xi9cv 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration yeah had a lovely morning up there! Picked up the route at the Dog and Duck in Kings Clipstone and followed it down to Blidworth :) I had quite a nose about at the Rufford site and ended up seeing a lot of the same sights as you 👍 I've also done the Cotgrave branch line route and been to see the entrance to the Mapperley tunnel thanks to your videos! Thanks so much it's been great to do these local routes through lockdown. Cheers 🍻

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

@@DavidJones-xi9cv I redid the Rufford Branch a couple of weeks ago, managed to get into the colliery site. I couldn't last year. Lot's of rails Left Behind

@DavidJones-xi9cv 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration Ah right I think I just saw the stocking site, I don't really know the area that well, but really enjoyed seeing the railway remains, I did see the rails at Cotgrave 👌 Not sure I have the bottle to do that cliff edge walk you did in the Peak district 😬😬 but it's on the potential list currently. Take care boss I will keep watching with interest :)

@frankfitzgerald5832 4 года назад

good combination of drone flying and cycling Ant gave it a new twist mate ...really enjoyed this ... keep up the great work mate....Stay Safe Frank & Lee...

@johnlaw3323 4 года назад

Another great vlog Ant very much appreciated. What a set up of all those branch lines I bet you are glad you chose the bike as it seemed a large area to cover. Please keep up the great work you do for all your followers.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thanks very much John. I can't currently go far due to the lockdown, however there is plenty to see locally as well as a few places left i already visited earlier this year :)

@alanlake5220 4 года назад

Yes really enjoyed this one, and its nice you take the time to find out about all these old coal mines in Nottinghamshire, before they are totally gone and forgotten about .

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thanks Alan. I love visiting these places and am pleased you are enjoying them 🙂

@ninjagoggles 4 года назад

Fantastic! Thanks for your adventures!

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hey hope you are well and thanks for watching 🙂

@daz4643 4 года назад

As i have mentioned before Ant, i remember doing a bit of motocross on the back of the old Rufford site back in 2011-12 when there was an organised track on there. You do not appreciate how vast that site is. I did not realise i was on the old colliery site until i saw the old weighbridge concrete structure and old demolished pit buildings. I used to come in from the Rainworth Bypass end. Thanks for a great video once again.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I found out there are still rails in this area since I put this together. I'm wondering If they are over on the colliery side? I'll probably revisit one afternoon this week coming. It is absolutely huge. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

@andyrodgers914 4 года назад

Thanks Ant, driven past on the way to Newark and back lots of times. Inspired me to investigate more - when we can. Keep the videos coming :)

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Glad you enjoyed it. I need to go back as there is another area around Rufford to look at... :)

@andyrodgers914 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration Looking forward to it Ant :)

@Rollingforwards 4 года назад

I know some of that route well, it is a route to and from many great adventures.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It made a change being on two wheels instead of two feet 😀

@djp120970 4 года назад

Excellent Ant thanks

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thanks very much Indeed I'm pleased you enjoyed it 😊

@ericshaw4018 4 года назад

I think what you found on the slag heap was a vent to vent off any gases which would build in the slag heap.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Thanks Eric, i'd never seen one before on other sites :)

@ian6985 4 года назад

Think the concrete shaft at the end was a vent to let out any gases such as methane that might form in the slag heap

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I did thinking that but I'd never seen one before so wasn't sure. Thanks for clearing that up 👍🙂

@darrenhaynes865 4 года назад

great vid, it felt like i was threre myself a great bit of escapism at this time. was the music in this vid by 2 steps from hell.Cheers ..DAZ....

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Morning Darren. Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for watching. I appear to have forgotten to list the music in the description. I'll pop them on later today 🙂

@johnking1381 4 года назад

I think the first piece of concrete was loading pad from stocking site, and second maybe a weighbridge for wagons? Track was still down here till 2008 as I walked it, track was there from bypass to clipstone triangle. The photo in the middle of vid is actually the rufford to mansfield line taken facing rainworth as you can see pit road on left. As ever, excellent content.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

This is the most difficult one for finding photos of it was unbelievable. I was never 100% sure the picture was the exact same location but it was the only one I could get 🤣 Most un photographed line I've come across so far. Thanks for watching and commenting 🙂

@johnking1381 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration yes, I don't remember seeing any this side. If you search merry go round trains on here Ant there's a1979 coal board film, I'm 99 percent sure the colliery featured halfway in that the train loads at is Bilsthorpe....

@johnking1381 4 года назад

NCB film unit merry go round trains ,1979

@bobingram6912 4 года назад

That was different, enjoyed that👍👍 So you have village names that are pronounced differently to their spellings!!! 🤔😃 Keep up the good exercise, you've got some great places to explore.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I always used to pronounce them as they were spelt when I first moved over this way. I had to adapt 🤣🤣

@janepatricia8779 4 года назад

Nice cycle ride,& video Ant, who said men cant multi task,🤗 x

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

I actually don't know what im doing lol

@janepatricia8779 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration well your good at it ,x

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 4 года назад

Thanks as always.. I approve of the bike ! Just a question, If you had gone left to Bilsthorpe and towards Wellow I see on g maps a small cutting. Do you know if there is a tunnel towards Ollerton. Can't make out on my cheap phone and dodgy eyes. Cheers.

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

Hello glad you enjoyed it. The tunnel you're thinking of may be Boughton Brake Tunnel on the Bevercotes Colliery Branch?

@SirReginaldBlomfield1234 4 года назад

No, not Boughton. Looked on OS map, me just another old duffer got it wrong 😵

@TrekkingExploration 4 года назад

It could be the mid notts railway between Farnsfield and Ollerton via Bilsthorpe. I think that's what it's called

@johnking1381 4 года назад

@@TrekkingExploration yes the mid notts, I know the spot your on about I think it's just been landscaped but does look like a tunnel on google