The Result

I must start with a thank you to all those who participated in the vote for the next monthly series on the Ilkeston Cam (www.ilkcam.com) site. To be perfectly truthful the vote was somewhat flawed in that it pitted one city walk against two town walks, a number of individual village trails and numerous country walks. On face value the country walks topped the poll with the city walk a close second but if all the votes cast for the town and village trails are added together, then the the vote share was roughly equally spread with about a third for each category.


From a practical point of view the city walk is the easiest to plan for and better suited to a monthly series than the country walks so my plans for 2010 mean that I have opted for the Derby Heritage Walk which will feature on the site during the third or fourth week of each month. I will continue to cover the usual annual events like the Walk of Witness at Easter, Carnivals and Fairs etcetera but will pull in as many country walks as possible on an ad hoc basis. I may also add a town walk with Long Eaton being the most likely or perhaps a village trail around Little Eaton which attracted most votes from the villages listed. I also hope to continue with the First Impressions series which has presently stalled at the end of Millership Way.

All in all it looks as though I have a busy year ahead, planning routes, researching information and taking the photos but I'd like to think you'll join me each week as we explore more of the East Midlands in and around Ilkeston. So with that in mind let me wish you all a happy, healthy and prosperous 2010.

Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary. - Steve Jobs (1955 - )