Walk: 8am to 12pm, 7.5 miles and 1,100ft of ascent
It seems ages since I went for a walk in the Peak District, when in reality it's actually only a few weeks; and I don't half miss those hills. Plus, I hadn't seen Malc for a few weeks so he had lots to tell me about his work trip to Portugal, and the general shenanigans in the office. Unusually for our walk it was a Saturday, Donna was working, so not the time constraints we normally have on a Sunday when clock watching so the world (ok maybe not the world) was our oyster.
A couple of months ago Colin took me to a vintage/antique shop in Sheffield and I picked up three local books about Sheffield and the Peak District, I may have mentioned them, and in one of the books it highlighted a place called Bolehill Quarry where lots of the stone was taken from in the making of the dams at Ladybower, Derwent and Howden. Plus, a source of many of the millstones which the area is famous for. So I planned a walk that would encompass the area.
It was in fact, in the same part of the Peaks as many of the walks I've been on before, but I never knew of it's existence so I was really looking forward to seeing it. And not far outside of Sheffield, so after dropping Donna off at work we were parked up in the car-park at Longhsaw a little after 8am.
The route took us along the eastern edge of the Longhsaw Estate, then we looped down through the steep woods down into Nether Padley to the quaint little train station at Grindleford, with the Totley Tunnel proudly protruding from the hills surrounding it. It was then a steep climb for about 1/2 mile up to the quarry itself. It's very much overgrown now, and although millstones are all over the place some are well hidden amongst the ferns and trees. The bare rock faces of the quarry are so colourful with the reds and greys from deep within the rock, I imagine it's very popular with climbers down there.
We continued along Millstone Edge, then more uphill climbing until we reached our highest point at Over Owler Tor where it was time for a peanut butter sandwich for me, and for Malc to bring out the drone. It was a battle for the drone as it was very windy up there and out in the open, but Malc managed to give it a good fly around; I can't wait to see the footage.
After enjoying the scenery from up there, and it did look gorgeous with the heather starting to bloom, we set off in an easterly direction across Hathersage Moor and down the hill where we crossed the stream via an old packhorse bridge; I'd seen it in the distance when walking around here, but the first time I'd actually been up close - a lovely little work of art.
The last part of the walk was easy walking, about 1/2 mile along the Sheffield Country Walk, and then back through the Longshaw Estate to the car; 4hrs walking. For the first three or so hours we hardly saw a soul, but Longshaw made up for that, as although not as busy as it can be, it's always a popular place not matter what the weather. Until the next time....
It seems ages since I went for a walk in the Peak District, when in reality it's actually only a few weeks; and I don't half miss those hills. Plus, I hadn't seen Malc for a few weeks so he had lots to tell me about his work trip to Portugal, and the general shenanigans in the office. Unusually for our walk it was a Saturday, Donna was working, so not the time constraints we normally have on a Sunday when clock watching so the world (ok maybe not the world) was our oyster.
A couple of months ago Colin took me to a vintage/antique shop in Sheffield and I picked up three local books about Sheffield and the Peak District, I may have mentioned them, and in one of the books it highlighted a place called Bolehill Quarry where lots of the stone was taken from in the making of the dams at Ladybower, Derwent and Howden. Plus, a source of many of the millstones which the area is famous for. So I planned a walk that would encompass the area.
It was in fact, in the same part of the Peaks as many of the walks I've been on before, but I never knew of it's existence so I was really looking forward to seeing it. And not far outside of Sheffield, so after dropping Donna off at work we were parked up in the car-park at Longhsaw a little after 8am.
The route took us along the eastern edge of the Longhsaw Estate, then we looped down through the steep woods down into Nether Padley to the quaint little train station at Grindleford, with the Totley Tunnel proudly protruding from the hills surrounding it. It was then a steep climb for about 1/2 mile up to the quarry itself. It's very much overgrown now, and although millstones are all over the place some are well hidden amongst the ferns and trees. The bare rock faces of the quarry are so colourful with the reds and greys from deep within the rock, I imagine it's very popular with climbers down there.
We continued along Millstone Edge, then more uphill climbing until we reached our highest point at Over Owler Tor where it was time for a peanut butter sandwich for me, and for Malc to bring out the drone. It was a battle for the drone as it was very windy up there and out in the open, but Malc managed to give it a good fly around; I can't wait to see the footage.
After enjoying the scenery from up there, and it did look gorgeous with the heather starting to bloom, we set off in an easterly direction across Hathersage Moor and down the hill where we crossed the stream via an old packhorse bridge; I'd seen it in the distance when walking around here, but the first time I'd actually been up close - a lovely little work of art.
The last part of the walk was easy walking, about 1/2 mile along the Sheffield Country Walk, and then back through the Longshaw Estate to the car; 4hrs walking. For the first three or so hours we hardly saw a soul, but Longshaw made up for that, as although not as busy as it can be, it's always a popular place not matter what the weather. Until the next time....
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