Walking Kettering to Cranfords Ironstone & Railway History

I walk from Kettering Railway station to Cranford using the Dismantled railway to get there as I wanted to revisit Cranford with my new Eric Tonks book on Ironstone Quarries of the Midlands in hand. It states that there are another two mines which I missed when I visited in 2020. A viewer tells me that a bike track has been made from the sinkholes the mines had created.
I sent my drone over the huge quarry face south of Cranford St Johns and other areas of interest but overall I thoroughly enjoyed my walk into industrial revolution history.
For more information on ironstone in the area Eric Tonks Ironstone in the Midlands Kettering Area book.
or check out this Facebook page by Rocks by Rail m.facebook.com...
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[@Goffic]

Thanks for introducing me to the music of Jamie Brady. My kinda stuff.

[@PurpleVision23]

Any time!

[@larx4074]

Great scoping there Purple, very enjoyable: amazing how the sink holes have survived since the closure of the mine in 1926.....

[@PurpleVision23]

Crazy eh

[@cd82156]

Great vid, walked some of this near Cranford, and the Grafham to Buckden section.

[@PurpleVision23]

It's a great walk. I haven't done the grafham to buckden yet. I'll have to check that out

[@UniversalCat]

Really interesting, I’ve walked quite a bit of that but not so much of Cranford though. Hopefully Santa is bringing me some new walking booties so might go all the way to Twywell in the new year with the dog. Had to laugh at the donkeys though, I was cleaning the donkey stable at work yesterday when the car train went past lol.

[@PurpleVision23]

Definitely worth the hike

[@jonj-lab4633]

Epic!

[@PurpleVision23]

Cheers John

[@colinsmith2560]

London midland and Scottish and it's called a chair !!!great vids thanks

[@PurpleVision23]

Cheers bud

[@stationsixtyseven67]

Every time we trip back from the R'ale house I look at that old line and really want to walk it. I'll wait til spring though I think. Looks a bit soggy!

[@PurpleVision23]

Gimme a shout I'll come join ya

[@heale1]

Deffo looks like a loco shed in that lorry trailer yard at the end there.

[@PurpleVision23]

It most certainly is bud

[@peterkirk287]

Hi there, you have to not fly your drone in fog. As the sensors get confused and think its in a cloud and goes into RTH mode or worse just hovers until the battery runs out.
Regards Peter . Nice video of my area BTW

[@PurpleVision23]

Ahhh yh I thought as much. I think I was very lucky to get the shots I did. Thanks for clearing that up

[@keithbeddoe305]

Hi purple👋TWAINNNNS, purple one, blue one, steam one🚂🚃🚃🚃Woo Woo👍👍👍 Are you down R,ale House for some festive Carol singing tomorrow?

[@PurpleVision23]

I was but then went over Rothwell

[@colinsmith2560]

Great brick work 200 years old will the houses built on glen vale will still be there in 200 years ???? Nah