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25th March 2012 - ** Millers Dale up Chee Dale to Cowlow,
return via Monsal Trail opened old rail tunnels to Millers Dale - Sunday
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B6049 (west of old rail bridges in Millers Dale) |
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Chee Dale |
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wild garlic |
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Monsal Trail viaduct above Chee Dale |
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smooth polished limestone - care required particularly in
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fungi on tree stump |
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Monsal Trail above |
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Blackwell Cottages - Monsal Trail ends near here - cycles
locally for hire - can cyle to Bakewell and beyond |
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looking back down Chee Dale |
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towards Cowlow |
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Topley Pike Quarry - Deep Dale just visible behind and right
of quarry - Churn Hole in centre also leads to Chelmorton |
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Woo Dale below Cowlow |
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bridge below Cowlow over River Wye next to A6 road -
footpath across A6 road & railtrack up to Sterndale (no safe
pedestrian access along A6) |
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Chee Dale below seen from Monsal trail |
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Inside a Monsal Trail tunnel - soot from steam trains
several centimetres thick clings to walls |
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cyclists heading for old Millers Dale Station |
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Quarry east of old station |
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