The stone is halfway up Stapleford Hill, the highest point in the County. Here is the view from the top:-
I came back down the hill and along the main road for a bit to get onto the Nottingham Canal towpath. There is a long stretch of disused canal which makes a great dog walk. The route runs across the green belt either side of the M1. It was a nice crisp morning with a bit of snow and a healthy smell of dung in the air.
The sun came out as I approached the motorway:-
After passing underneath the motorway, there was another long stretch of disused canal heading North. Eventually I left the canal, near a small village called Cossal, and headed back towards the M1, stopping to explore the Oldmoor Wood Nature Reserve. The wood was completely deserted, apart from me and a few woodpeckers. It would have been quite peaceful if it wasn't for the constant hum of traffic on the motorway a few hundred metres away. It reminded me of some of the walks I did in New York State although the hum there was from waterfalls.
On leaving the woods I followed a footpath through a few fields and then back under the motorway:-
A few more miles of farmland footpaths brought me back to the Hemlock Stone, here's a view of it from the Holocaust Memorial garden on the other side of the main road:-
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