Walk: 9:30am to 2:15pm, 8.5 miles and 900ft of ascent
We had a few options for what we wanted to do today, but Donna suggested that we do "that walk we did when I fell over", which was the one we did on May 7th 2016; our 28th wedding anniversary. The one where Donna was trialling new walking boots and unfortunately fell badly resulting in a partially collapsed lung! Not an anniversary we will forget.
Now the walk, yes it was one I have done many times but it's got to be one of our favourites. Park up near the Grouse Inn on the edge of the Longshaw Estate, then head along Froggatt Edge, then Curbar Edge, cross the lane and then along Baslow Edge, head east at Wellington's Monument then loop back along White Edge. The views from along the 'edges' are to die for, you just have to walk it to believe it.
The forecast was for a dry morning and early afternoon, which it was, then rain after that, which it did. For the first part of the walk up above Grindleford and Curbar we hardly saw a soul, but as we got later into the morning small groups of people started to pop up along the route, but it was never really that busy which this area can be particularly on a sunny weekend. The weather this morning was a tad different to earlier this year when myself and Malcolm were here, with frost on the ground and eerie clouds of mist rolling along the valley below on our winter walk.
Of course it was great to get photos, we both had out cameras today so shutters were kept busy, but although I had my Gorillapod attached it was a little too breezy up there to use it. We reached the bench at the junction just past Eagle Stone where we sat down for an early lunch and just enjoyed the views over Baslow, and along Chatsworth Park down to the imposing house itself. You could make out the Emperor Fountain just behind the house, with the water blowing about in the wind, and the Derwent River winding it's way beside the grand house. A little titbit here, the river is on a different route now to it's natural route as it was diverted by the famous Capability Brown when he remodelled the estate; now if you don't know who he is, ask Google.
After lunch we headed east, and on the path we came across a large number of Highland Cattle, now normally that wouldn't bother us too much, they are very friendly beasts, but after I had one run at me in Lyme Park a few weeks ago, we would take a wide berth this time. This also played on our minds 10 minutes or so later when we were crossing some fields in the direction of White Edge and there was a large herd of cattle all across the field - suffice to say we turned back and walked along the lane towards Curbar having decided to change our planned route.
Just above Curbar there is a small car-park where a mobile cafe parks up over the 3-day weekend, it was closed when we had passed earlier in the day but now open, we both had a hot drink and a cherry Brownie; absolutely gorgeous. However, as we sat there we felt the pitter patter of rain drops, and that was the start of what turned out to be constant rain for the next hour all the way back to the car. That said, it didn't spoil the walk in any way, it just gave it a new perspective.
So just the 22 mile drive back home, a stop off at B&Q for some paint for the kitchen, and by 3:30pm we were back to home sweet home.
We had a few options for what we wanted to do today, but Donna suggested that we do "that walk we did when I fell over", which was the one we did on May 7th 2016; our 28th wedding anniversary. The one where Donna was trialling new walking boots and unfortunately fell badly resulting in a partially collapsed lung! Not an anniversary we will forget.
Now the walk, yes it was one I have done many times but it's got to be one of our favourites. Park up near the Grouse Inn on the edge of the Longshaw Estate, then head along Froggatt Edge, then Curbar Edge, cross the lane and then along Baslow Edge, head east at Wellington's Monument then loop back along White Edge. The views from along the 'edges' are to die for, you just have to walk it to believe it.
The forecast was for a dry morning and early afternoon, which it was, then rain after that, which it did. For the first part of the walk up above Grindleford and Curbar we hardly saw a soul, but as we got later into the morning small groups of people started to pop up along the route, but it was never really that busy which this area can be particularly on a sunny weekend. The weather this morning was a tad different to earlier this year when myself and Malcolm were here, with frost on the ground and eerie clouds of mist rolling along the valley below on our winter walk.
Of course it was great to get photos, we both had out cameras today so shutters were kept busy, but although I had my Gorillapod attached it was a little too breezy up there to use it. We reached the bench at the junction just past Eagle Stone where we sat down for an early lunch and just enjoyed the views over Baslow, and along Chatsworth Park down to the imposing house itself. You could make out the Emperor Fountain just behind the house, with the water blowing about in the wind, and the Derwent River winding it's way beside the grand house. A little titbit here, the river is on a different route now to it's natural route as it was diverted by the famous Capability Brown when he remodelled the estate; now if you don't know who he is, ask Google.
After lunch we headed east, and on the path we came across a large number of Highland Cattle, now normally that wouldn't bother us too much, they are very friendly beasts, but after I had one run at me in Lyme Park a few weeks ago, we would take a wide berth this time. This also played on our minds 10 minutes or so later when we were crossing some fields in the direction of White Edge and there was a large herd of cattle all across the field - suffice to say we turned back and walked along the lane towards Curbar having decided to change our planned route.
Just above Curbar there is a small car-park where a mobile cafe parks up over the 3-day weekend, it was closed when we had passed earlier in the day but now open, we both had a hot drink and a cherry Brownie; absolutely gorgeous. However, as we sat there we felt the pitter patter of rain drops, and that was the start of what turned out to be constant rain for the next hour all the way back to the car. That said, it didn't spoil the walk in any way, it just gave it a new perspective.
So just the 22 mile drive back home, a stop off at B&Q for some paint for the kitchen, and by 3:30pm we were back to home sweet home.
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