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2018.06.06 Chinley Rlwy Stn, rds S / E / S-SW to
~SK040822, ~E on Cycle / 'Tram' track (SW of Sewage Works) to
Chinley Lane & ~150m NE up it, turn E between 'Mill Bldgs' & continue under
Rail viaducts to Chapel Milton, ~NE / N to Wash, ~ 150m E on rd,
FP ~ SE to rd running ~E to Bowden Hall, ~S on FP just past Hall,
continue SSE to Sheffield Rd, FPs ~E past pond / SE / E thru Bagshaw
Hall Farm and on to Bagshaw, ~ESE on FP to Goldpiece Farm then
FP & rd to Sparrowpit, just N of S.pit FP to E thru woods (South of
Gautries Hill) to Pennine BW, ~SE along P.BW to Eldon Lane End
Farm, ~NNE up Lane to BW at ~SK123814, ~E on BW to Limestone Way, LS
~NE for ~400m then (not taking Cave Dale route) continue on FP ~NE down
into Castleton - leaders Janice Burton & Val Coleman - Wednesday
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Peak Forest Tramway Trail - wagons pulled by horses. Some stone
rail supports seen here - one side only. |
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mill now converted for other use? |
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Rail viaducts - plant growth on one viaduct presumably indicates
rail line(s) no longer used? |
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Chapel Milton - name of brook? |
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road leading to Bowden Hall |
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pond on map - seen if one looked to one side when joining
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barn - part of Bowden Hall complex. Hall itself not easily
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back of barn see from footpath to south passing it |
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we were on the Wash to Bagshaw route |
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teabreak |
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track from Sheffield Road leading to Bagshaw Hall Farm |
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pond only seen if one climbs up and peeps over wall next to
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Bagshaw Hall Farm |
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climbing over stile near road at Bagshaw to join footpath
leading up then down towards Sparrowpit |
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zoomed into MamTor in distance |
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Sparrowpit ahead |
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Bennett Well |
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we turned left on road at PH and then a very short distance
only on the road to Perryfoot before taking footpath eastward
(south of Gautries Hill) |
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a farm on south east side of Sparrowpit |
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Rushup Farm? |
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elongated woods running east south of Gautries Hill |
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distant view |
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closer up |
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farm in distance on Pennine Bridleway? (later passed by us) |
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lunch below the end of the woods - on the Pennine Bridleway |
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Llamas not Alpaccas? Pack animal / meat producer - rather
than wool producer? |
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we turned north on the edge of Peak Forest? |
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going north here |
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zoomed in to the woods through which we walked earlier
(below Gautries Hill) |
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on Bridleway leading east to the Limestone Way |
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We turned northeast through gate onto Limestone Way.
Drystone wall ahead being rebuilt |
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Rowter Farm |
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Win Hill in the distance |
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Mam Tor with para-gliders |
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a part of Cave Dale in cleft seen from our route |
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para-gliders launched from close to Winnats Head Farm /
Treak Cliff? |
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Winnats Pass to our left |
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