DAY
1 - Carsington Pastures Individual
day, 25th June 2005The East Midlands Junior Squad
Junior Inter-Regional Championships 2005
25th and 26th June 2005
START LISTS
FINAL DETAILS
RESULTS
DAY
1 - Carsington Pastures Individual
day, 25th June 2005
The landscape of the Carsington Pastures area is marked by numerous subsidence features. These are created by differential solution of limestone and dolomite and the localised collapse of these rocks to form hollows as much as 50 metres wide and 50 metres deep. This dissolution process probably took place around 5 million years ago when this area had a warm, wet tropical climate!
The photograph (left) shows Carsington Water, the local reservoir and visitor centre.
DAY
2 - Sherwood Pines
Relay day, 26th June 2005
Sherwood Pines is the largest woodland open to the public in the East Midlands. Part of Sherwood Forest, home to the legendary Robin Hood and his band of merry men, it is an important timber producing woodland making a vital contribution to everyday demands for wood products. Pines, heath and oak trees are havens for wildlife including birds such as the nightjar and of course, the fallow deer. There are waymarked trails, which invite the visitor to explore the forest. One of the trails is an easy access trail for disabled visitors. Cycle routes are also marked giving the cyclist a traffic free environment to enable them to experience the beauty of the forest. The routes offer choices to suit everyone from families to off-road cyclists.