Walk: 8:30am to 12:30am, 8.5 miles
It seems an age since I visited my blog to add some comment around a day out, yes it's not been the first adventure that I've been on since the Calver Walk a month ago, but they haven't really been up to much and probably not worth talking about. A few hours at Renishaw Hall on my own which was really just an outing with my camera, a visit to watch some county rugby over in Hull, but other than that not a great deal as either myself or Donna has been working, or the weather has been poor.
Now I use poor weather as a bit of a blocker, but today the forecast was for such a day and although not as torrential as was expected, it did rain for much of the walk. Myself and Darrell had swapped messages last night discussing whether we should bother or not, but as much of our route would be on good paths at least we wouldn't have to worry about slipping and sliding on muddy trails.
Anyway, after dropping Donna off at work I crossed the hills over to Little Longstone as we had planned to meet by the small church between 8:15and and 8:30am, and by 8:30am we were 'booted and suited' for our walk. It made a change for me to not be carrying a map and being 'trip leader', Darrell has walked the routes around here many times so it was second nature. And after my Iceland adventure where I wiped out my camera, today I just brought along Donna's old Panasonic compact camera.
After walking down through the village we crossed the fields and down onto Monsal Trail heading in the direction of Bakewell. One advantage of the poor weather was that the trail wasn't swarming with people as it often is when the weather is fair, also an advantage that it's mid-week and early in the day.
An hour or so later we were dropping down the hill into Bakewell where after a short time looking round the shops we took a seat in a lovely little coffee house for a cuppa and a butty.
The next section of the route took us beside the main A6 to the gorgeous and historic village of Ashford In The Water, where a stop-off in the church was a must. What was very different in this church was one of the stained glass windows which was very different to the rest of them, and what you normally see in a church. The short visit was worth that in itself.
We followed the path north and then dropped back onto the Monsal Trail, heading through Longstone Tunnel and out just below Monsal Head. And as always, walking back up this steep path is always a challenge, especially when you have just walked 8 miles!
The last port of call was the pub in Great Longstone on the way back, just a pint of coca cola for me, and a 1/2 of lager with a shandy top for Darrell. Unfortunately the trip back home was almost 1.5hrs, but it didn't spoil what was a really enjoyable walk.
It seems an age since I visited my blog to add some comment around a day out, yes it's not been the first adventure that I've been on since the Calver Walk a month ago, but they haven't really been up to much and probably not worth talking about. A few hours at Renishaw Hall on my own which was really just an outing with my camera, a visit to watch some county rugby over in Hull, but other than that not a great deal as either myself or Donna has been working, or the weather has been poor.
Now I use poor weather as a bit of a blocker, but today the forecast was for such a day and although not as torrential as was expected, it did rain for much of the walk. Myself and Darrell had swapped messages last night discussing whether we should bother or not, but as much of our route would be on good paths at least we wouldn't have to worry about slipping and sliding on muddy trails.
Anyway, after dropping Donna off at work I crossed the hills over to Little Longstone as we had planned to meet by the small church between 8:15and and 8:30am, and by 8:30am we were 'booted and suited' for our walk. It made a change for me to not be carrying a map and being 'trip leader', Darrell has walked the routes around here many times so it was second nature. And after my Iceland adventure where I wiped out my camera, today I just brought along Donna's old Panasonic compact camera.
After walking down through the village we crossed the fields and down onto Monsal Trail heading in the direction of Bakewell. One advantage of the poor weather was that the trail wasn't swarming with people as it often is when the weather is fair, also an advantage that it's mid-week and early in the day.
An hour or so later we were dropping down the hill into Bakewell where after a short time looking round the shops we took a seat in a lovely little coffee house for a cuppa and a butty.
The next section of the route took us beside the main A6 to the gorgeous and historic village of Ashford In The Water, where a stop-off in the church was a must. What was very different in this church was one of the stained glass windows which was very different to the rest of them, and what you normally see in a church. The short visit was worth that in itself.
We followed the path north and then dropped back onto the Monsal Trail, heading through Longstone Tunnel and out just below Monsal Head. And as always, walking back up this steep path is always a challenge, especially when you have just walked 8 miles!
The last port of call was the pub in Great Longstone on the way back, just a pint of coca cola for me, and a 1/2 of lager with a shandy top for Darrell. Unfortunately the trip back home was almost 1.5hrs, but it didn't spoil what was a really enjoyable walk.
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