The third section of the Barnsley Boundary walk goes from Brierley to Bolton upon Dearne. From the outskirts of Brierley the route goes through pleasant fields and woods to the east of Grimethorpe. Luckily we had the warmest day of the year so far to do the walk.
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| Leaving Brierley |
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| Tom Bank Wood |
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| Approaching West Haigh Wood |
The walk continues through West Haigh Wood a pleasant open mixed birch and oak wood with patches of snowdrops.
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| West Haigh Wood |
On leaving the wood a short stretch of road leads to Howell Wood and across to Challenger Wood where we saw our first butterfly of the season. As far as I remember it is the first time that I have seen a butterfly and snowdrops on the same day.
We proceeded across fields to the village of Clayton and across fields round the north east of Thurnscoe and through Phoenix Park, an old colliery site to Goldthorpe. Goldthorpe has a notable example of early re-inforced concrete construction in the anglican church which was built in 1913.
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| The concrete church at Goldthorpe |
From Goldthorpe a stretch of boggy fields took us to the finish at Bolton upon Dearne station car park.
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