Originally Posted by
Marco
A Garmin-certified 6666 steps around the National Memorial Arboretum to the East of Alrewas, covering 2.91 miles. As it's situated by the confluence of the rivers Trent, Tame and Mease it's very flat, so I wasn't that interested in going - but a family member was.
As memorials go it's very good, and what I thought was one of the best parts was an original type 24 pillbox, still in its original location on the banks of the river Tame, that you can squeeze inside (just).
A hidden benefit was the excellent view of the Derby-Birmingham rail line, and the site of a class 60 pulling 32 102.6 ton tankers (which I believe were loaded as it was heading north away from the Kingsbury oil depot). It's the heaviest train I've ever seen, and the equivalent to 100 lorry tankers.