Today was my last on the Beighton Branch as I headed from Langwith into Langwith Junction. As I finished my last walk at the bridge where the line crossed the A632, I picked it up the other side of the road, once again the part of the line near the road was impassable
The path on towards Langwith Junction was fine, The first part of the walk was on an embankment with houses backing onto it and it was obvious it had been well used by the locals with blackened areas where fires had been places, also the path tended to be to one side of the trackbed.
Once out of Langwith the track descended into a cutting, which looked so familiar to me, having been in so many these last months. As we approached Langwith Basset School we came to the only bridge over this part of the line
And of course the attendant pile of rubbish dumped over the parapet
But to make up for this the trackbed then continued through the cutting with trees growing either side, in summer it probably forms quite a canopy and was by far the prettiest part of the line to walk on
Finally we reached Langwith Junction or rather the remains.
Finally they have built houses over what was the mainline towards Chesterfield, here they are to the right of the picture with the Beighton Branch straight ahead
Finally thanks to Glynn Waite, I can also start to include scans of tickets issued on the line. This one is Langwith Junction issued by the GCR. Many thanks Glynn.
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