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2014.06.29 - Derwent Valley Heritage Way - Matlock to
Belper* - leaders Angela Coles & Gillian Manasse - Sunday
* Matlock (Hall Leys Park), High Tor, Matlock Bath, Cromford Wharf & Canal,
High Peak Junction, further on Cromford Canal to before Ambergate, across River
Derwent The Birches, Whitewell Road, Wyver Lane, Belper Bridge & Horse Shoe
Weir, direct to Bus Interchange - (most of group & photographer unfortunately
missed out seeing millworkers cottages etc)
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Chesterfield Spire seen from bus |
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Hall Leys Park |
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River Derwent |
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High Tor |
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up to High Tor |
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warning on sheer drops to river below |
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we turned left toward Matlock Bath railway station - did not
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gondolas to Heights of Abraham |
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Matlock Bath 1914 - 1919 war Memorial |
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Matlock Bath |
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fish fed by public |
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Sir Richard Arkwright's Masson Mills |
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Masson Mills seen above River Derwent |
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Cromford Canal Wharf |
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an intruder |
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boat trips by Friends of the Cromford Canal |
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High Peak Junction |
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14.5 mile long Cromford Canal - memorial plaque to Engineers
William Jessop & Benjamin Outram |
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Wharf Shed |
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Leawood Pumphouse |
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viaduct taking Canal across the River Derwent below |
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viaduct taking canal over railway line below |
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Robin Hood Village |
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Nature Reserve |
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mills seen from Belper Bridge |
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Horseshoe Weir |
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direct toward the bus interchange |
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