Today is a special walk, it’s a from ‘home’ walk, it’s lockdown and it’s Easter.

We have always appreciated a park at the top of the road; taking babies in pushchairs; toddlers to swings; sledging in snow. Just a place to stretch or sit or meet and to watch the seasons pass through those grand horse chestnuts and gardens. Enjoying blossom, kicking over leaves, being blown about or frosted.

• Thank you Nottingham City council for keeping this open during the 2020 pandemic.
• Thank you local people for being sensible walking around etc
• Thank you NCC for buying it and looking after it since 1921 – and in part thanks to a donation from Sir Jesse Boot.
• Thank you to the volunteers who help out – and long may that continue BUT
• Most of us appreciate parks, we probably appreciate them more now. I hope government will help fund local councils better to preserve, sustain and ‘grow’ our green spaces – there is bailing out banks and there is stewardship of our natural parks in urban settings
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  Park at the top of the road

  

  view North

  

  

  

  View South to the flats

  

  Sideways to what would have been the cutting and tunnel for NSR Ashwell’s tunnel

  

  If you had stood here 100 years ago its the North portal of Ashwell’s tunnel through the park for NSR

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  Love the horse chestnuts