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2017.10.22 ** Owler Bar, in moor along south side B6054 Rd to Barbrook, ~ SW towards Hurkling Stones then ~W to / then ~ S along White Edge, *down to gap between Curbar & Baslow Edges, ~ W down Rd / FP / Rd to Calver & River Derwent, follow D.V.H Way ~ S to Baslow Church, cross river & ~ E on Rd to Baslow Nether End, follow D.V.H Way ~S through Chatsworth Park to Calton Lees, towards Rowsley, but at St Katherine's Church (leaving DVH Way) 'U' turn ~N up Rd, then ~W passing Bowling Green Farm, follow ~ NNW above River Wye into Bakewell - leader Andy Irwin - Sunday (DVH Way = Derwent Valley Heritage Way) *(note that rain & strong winds made us leave Edges down to the calmer valley - the revised walk was about 16miles)

on White Edge - before this unfavourable wind & rain drove straight into camera lens

an incognito wrapped up member of our group

encountered another large walking group braving the weather

starting down toward the 'gap' between Curbar & Baslow Edges

continued to right past drystone wall - footpath sign just visible

on a path section towards Calver

looking up the path to the gap (& road we met after descending from White Edge)

about to rejoin the road

Calver Mill (converted into housing)

River Derwent passing Calver Mill

Bramley Wood above seen from DVH way

on the Derwent Valley Heritage Way

River Derwent

DVH Way bending away from the river

zoomed into a stretch of the river

the Curbar / Baslow Gap we passed through earlier seen at top

a bird pond before the river

farm

weir

weir in full spate

looking back at the weir

Baslow Church seen just beyond bridge crossing the river

Baslow Church seen from the road we took toward Baslow Nether End

Victorian clock face

autumn leaves in the 'triangle' at Nether End

lunch break over about to start walking again

we crossed Bar Brook and then passed the thatched house seen here on the D.V.H. Way before entering into Chatsworth Park

Chatsworth House and the fountain ahead of us

looking back up the River Derwent - the cricket ground we passed is just visible to the right

we crossed this bridge and continued along the River Derwent

we passed Chatsworth House seen across the river

woods in Chatsworth Estate across the river

looking upstream at the first weir we saw in Chatsworth Estate

the second weir we saw

another view of the second weir

the bridge at the south end of the Estate which leads by road to Beeley & beyond (we did not cross it but turned toward Calton Lees

houses / farms in Calton Lees

Calton House?

contemplating our walking group

zoomed (blindly) into Beeley across the valley - its church is just visible to the right

somewhereon Beeley Hilltop

we had already U turned through Rowsley's Churchyard and were climbing upward when this picture was taken of Wye Farm? (along the River Wye & Haddon Road).. Note the pink bales

a shooting tower? on the Haddon Hall estate?

The River Wye at Bakewell