The 1929 ground frame hut, long obsolete and gradually rotting away in situ, has since been joined in relative obscurity by the former Fiskerton Junction signalbox. It has lost its name board but the hand operated wheel that was used to open and close the former level crossing gates is still visible through the window. This is an attractive corner of the Trent valley. The lane that crosses the line at this point is now protected by modern automatic barriers. The crossing keeper’s cottage is now a private house.
Skylarks were singing and a yellowhammer perched on a neatly trimmed hedge at the roadside. Back home, a tree creeper came to the garden again yesterday and a sparrowhawk perched in a bush and put off any further visitors for a while first thing this morning. We have had no redpolls this winter, unlike last year, but a pair of bramblings have regularly put in an appearance.
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