For some reason, to me the 1st June always feels like the start of summer. Maybe it's because the longest day is in the month, or maybe it's just because I have memories of hot June days from my childhood. If the latter, today certainly fitted into that category. Ok it was not wall to wall sunshine, and in fact on a couple of occasions it tried it's best to rain, but oh it was so warm and humid. It definitely made for a challenging last couple of hours of the walk.
I'd dropped Donna off at work and was parked up beside the small church just outside of Little Longstone by 8am, ready to meet Darrell, Colin and Nigel at 8:30am. Being early it did give me chance for a few photos before the others arrived. I'd not seen Nigel for a good while so it was good to be able to get him along, lots to chat about and loads of mickey taking to be had.
Much of the first half of the walk was along the Monsal Trail, always relatively busy and even more so as today it was hosting a 'park run' so as well as having to keep getting out of the way of cyclists traversing the trail, today we needed to keep watching out for runners; more so as Nigel had brought along his dog Coco so he needed extra eyes to keep tabs on Coco.
After coming off the Bakewell end of the trail we dropped down into what is arguably the most popular destination in the Peak District, it's very rare that this picturesque town isn't busy. Today however as we arrived around 10am, it wasn't that bad.
We stopped for a toastie and a cuppa at a nice cafe in the centre of the town which wasn't bad but I don't think I would go there again as you didn't get a great deal for the money. Before leaving the town we ventured into the wine warehouse on the edge of the town where Nigel bought a couple of bottles, and Darrell and Colin a bottle apiece. They don't sell fruity cider so nothing there for me
The route took us beside the main road for a short period before heading across the fields and down next to the river that led us into the beautiful village of Ashford in the Water; as stunning a village as you will find in the Peaks.
Our last section took us back in an northwards direction over fields and crossing trails back to where we started. The walk was between 8 and 8.5 miles and took is 4hrs all in, thankfully not a walk with much ascent as in these clammy conditions a tough walk would not have been appreciated.
I'd dropped Donna off at work and was parked up beside the small church just outside of Little Longstone by 8am, ready to meet Darrell, Colin and Nigel at 8:30am. Being early it did give me chance for a few photos before the others arrived. I'd not seen Nigel for a good while so it was good to be able to get him along, lots to chat about and loads of mickey taking to be had.
Much of the first half of the walk was along the Monsal Trail, always relatively busy and even more so as today it was hosting a 'park run' so as well as having to keep getting out of the way of cyclists traversing the trail, today we needed to keep watching out for runners; more so as Nigel had brought along his dog Coco so he needed extra eyes to keep tabs on Coco.
After coming off the Bakewell end of the trail we dropped down into what is arguably the most popular destination in the Peak District, it's very rare that this picturesque town isn't busy. Today however as we arrived around 10am, it wasn't that bad.
We stopped for a toastie and a cuppa at a nice cafe in the centre of the town which wasn't bad but I don't think I would go there again as you didn't get a great deal for the money. Before leaving the town we ventured into the wine warehouse on the edge of the town where Nigel bought a couple of bottles, and Darrell and Colin a bottle apiece. They don't sell fruity cider so nothing there for me
The route took us beside the main road for a short period before heading across the fields and down next to the river that led us into the beautiful village of Ashford in the Water; as stunning a village as you will find in the Peaks.
Our last section took us back in an northwards direction over fields and crossing trails back to where we started. The walk was between 8 and 8.5 miles and took is 4hrs all in, thankfully not a walk with much ascent as in these clammy conditions a tough walk would not have been appreciated.
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