Nutbrook Coffee Shop Walk

Recently a new coffee shop opened up right where we've been needing one on the Nutbrook Trail, it's name should be easy to remember for people seeing as it's called Nutbrook Coffee Shop.

This month I'm doing two walks as I wanted to drop in a longer walk and a shorter one too so people of all abilities can join in. The first walk was the longer walk covering 19km (11.8 miles)

The route took us from the Beauty Spot on the Nutbrook Trail all the way to Shipley Wood and Park, around the old American Adventure site and to the Nutbook Coffee Shop. It's only been open a few weeks but it looks fantastic and fit's right in with the surrounding area. I treated myself to a Gingerbread Green Tea, others in the group tried out some of their other items (cakes) but I was being well behaved. Everybody on the walk really enjoyed their food, drinks and the service while watching a bunch of dogs that some other walkers had with them. The coffee shop was nice and busy and is currently looking at expanding it's opening hours over Summer. The prices are also really reasonable and I need to have a walk back to buy some eggs from the chickens they have. Keep looking on their Facebook for details.

A nice selection of Jams

On the walk back we took a different path which is one of the old railway lines which took us directly to Nutbrook CC. On the lovely sunny day they were hosting a T20 tournament with matches between Nutbrook, Spondon, Elvaston and Duffield. We managed to catch a few overs of the Elvaston v Duffield match and saw a flurry of wickets as they looked to put some runs on the board. It was good to see people down there enjoying the fresh air, BBQ and cricket.

From here we set off to Swan Lake and back to the trail, going back up the golf course and home for me.

We've covered a lot of the walk on previous walks, as the Nutbrook Trail is so handy to get on and enjoy some exercise and fresh air. Please look back at some older blogs and see different links of points of interest and walks around Ilkeston and Erewash.

The next walk will visit the Coffee Shop again but setting off from Nutbrook CC so will be a flatter shorter walk of around 6 to 7km so suitable for all abilities, children and pushchairs.