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2018.01.10 Baslow Nether End, ~S along Bar Brook to Kissing Gate into Chatsworth Park, ~ SE to SK266710, V-turn & ~NNE along Dobbs Edge, then ~ENE to cross Heathy Lea Brook & A619 Rd, pass Robin Hood Farm, ~NNW up to & along Birchen Edge passing Nelsons Monument, down ~N to intersection A621 Rd & Curbar Rd, ~150m along Curbar Rd then on paths thru moorland ~ NW to corner Enclosures (~SK268761), Carpark on Curbar Rd, Curbar Edge, part Froggatt Edge tuning down at ~ SK250762, cross Froggatt Bridge, ~S on Derwent Valley Heritage Way to Baslow Church then Baslow Nether End - leader Simon Gray - Wednesday  

Baslow Nether End

Bar Brook (joins River Derwent) in Chatsworth Park).

collapsed rather high 'drystone' wall

The Cannon Kissing Gate opening into Chatsworth Park

heading up towards the Shooting Tower (but V turning some distance before it)

heading toward Dobbs Edge (path to left?)

Nelsons Memorial and engraved boulders (named after three of his ships) seen far in the distance on Birchen Edge - we passed there later

mist gradually cleared and sun shone weakly at times - but no wind & it was warm enough to strip off clothing layers

well made stiles in Chatsworth Park

Dobbs Edge

crossing Heathy Lea Brook (which runs into Bar Brook lower down0

climbing up from bridge to A619 road

we passed the Robin Hood Inn

climbing up to Birchen Edge

Moorside Farm seen from Birchen Edge - note collapsed barn roof

Nelsons Monument and the 'boulder' ships

looking back at the monument after descending from the Edge

tree lined Gardoms Edge seen to our West

looking towards White Edge & Big Moor

A621 Road - Sheffield Road - running to North here

reaching the intersection of Curbar & Sheffield roads

a view down Bar Brook - Gardoms Edge at top left

paths on moors often not marked on maps

picnic spot near carpark

looking South at Baslow Edge?

starting ~NW on Curbar Edge (carpark on Curbar Road behind)

Win Hill top left

coming down from Froggatt Edge

looks as if some rocks quarried and shaped here

view back at the Edges

Froggatt Bridge crossing River Derwent

River Derwent

'New Bridge' on A625 road across River Derwent

Mill Pond downstream of New Bridge

Mill Pond with weir at back. Goit (in front) leading to Calver Mill - see note further on

amphibious caravans?

Calver Mill (now apartments)

a bend in the River Derwent near St Mary's Wood

at top the 'gap' between Baslow & Curbar Edges

nearing Bubnell

old bridge just before Baslow's Church

looking back from bridge at weir on River Derwent

another view of Baslow's Church

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