Earthwatcher's photos with the keyword: Drakeholes

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. It was a beautiful late spring day and the hawthorn bushes were laden with rich, fragrant May blossom along the banks of the Chesterfield Canal near Drakehouse, Nottinghamshire. Close-up of the hawthorn flowers (Crategus) next to the towpath. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. It was a beautiful late spring day and the hawthorn bushes were laden with rich, fragrant May blossom along the banks of the Chesterfield Canal near Drakehouse, Nottinghamshire. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. Looking northwards through the Drakehouse tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal in Nottinghamshire. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

Chesterfield Canal: Drakehouse to Wiseton walk, 28th May 2015. The Chesterfield Canal basin and tunnel at Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire. It was a beautiful late spring day and the hawthorn bushes were laden with rich, fragrant May blossom. The footpath which follows the canal towpath is the 'Cuckoo Way'.

The north portal of the Drakeholes Tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire.

Dappled light just north of the Drakeholes Tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire.

Reflections and dappled light on the Chesterfield Canal just north of Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire.

Haven Croft Reach in high summer on the Chesterfield Canal just north of Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire.

Lovely mellow bricks in a wall at Drakeholes, Nottinghamshire. The track next to this wall is located directly over the Drakeholes canal tunnel on the Chesterfield Canal. Since this photo was taken, the wall has been rebuilt so it is not quite the same any more.

The narrowboat 'Mulled Wine' heading towards Drakeholes on the Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire.

The narrowboat 'Mulled Wine' heading towards Drakeholes on the Chesterfield Canal, Nottinghamshire.