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2018.06.13 Litton main road ~SK165752, FP ~S/SE to Tansley Dale, ~E down T.Dale to Cressbrook Dale, C Dale ~SE / SSW to ~SK171737 & NW for ~130m up to top 'edge', south into Cressbrook (village), ~SE on road to Mill, U- turn & then north side of River Wye ~W to Millers Dale (village church ~SK142734), up N at church *1, at Glebe Farm short distance on road ~SW to Monsal Trail (old rlwy Stn), W on trail passing Lime Kilns, into disused quarry (nature reserve)*1, rejoin Monsal Trail & before viaduct ~SK 131733 descend to River Wye / Chee Dale, follow River westward to Pennine Bridleway, zig zag N up to Moseley Farm, branch off P.B.W at ~SK117733 on FP ~NE to Hassop Farm, N on rd toward Wormhill, lane to East just above Church, FP's ~NE to join Pennine BW down to rd (at Monk's & Peter Dale crossing), up rd E.ward to Monksdale House, ~S for 300m on walled lane (L.S.Way) to FP ~ENE to Tideswell - leader Liz Savage    *1 joined WILD FLOWER Ramblers Group led by June Robinson for this period.  

 Flower identification for both walks by June Robinson

1 start point off Litton's main road in gap between buildings to left. Litton Edge at top back of picture
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3 farm land close to Litton seen before we entered Tansley Dale
4 Information board seen at the top of Tansley Dale which leads into Cressbrook Dale (unusual spelling above)
5 down Tansley Dale
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8 - Thyme

9 - Common Spotted Orchid
10 - Stonecrop
11 close up of above flowers - Stonecrop
12 at bottom of Tansley Dale - about to enter Cressbrook Dale
13 - Bird's-foot-trefoil
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15 - Meadow Crane's-bill
16 - Common Spotted Orchid
17 'stream' to our right completely dried out at this time of year
18 strange 'spider' web traps?
19 see above
20 we took path to left leading NW up to top edge of Cressbrook Dale
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22 emerged near 'chapel' converted into house
23 break at Cressbrook's millennium green

24 Well Dressing - "Women Hold Up Half the Sky"

25 Millennium Stone
26 inscription enlarged
27 what style of architecture?
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29 intake works for new hydro power scheme being constructed at the Cressbrook Mill housing complex
30 Millpond (in Water-cum -Jolly Dale?)
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32 chance zoomed in shot of a Mandarin Duck?
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34 name and address of angler required so he can be approached for permission to publish under the Data Protection Act?

35 Litton Mill housing complex
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37 - Ivy-leafed Toadflax
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44 Anglers Rest just beyond houses
45 cottages glimpsed aside from path up next to Miller's Dale Church
46 board some way above Church - Monk's Dale National Nature Reserve 
47 joining up with the Ramblers Group looking at Wild Flowers
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49 Glebe Farm
50 looking across at old railway viaduct now bearing the Monsal Trail over The River Wye just before the old station unseen to the right. Limestone kilns also visible with overgrown quarries above
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53 - Common Knapweed Hardhead Thistle?
53a - Common Knapweed Hardhead Thistle? - photo by Ian Crawshaw
54 part of Miller's Dale once railway station - now a convenient access point onto the Monsal Trail

55 - Jacob's- ladder
56 - Buttercup
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58 Speedwell
59 - Dyer's Greenweed

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61 - Thyme
62 - Jackdaw?
63 - Milkwort

64 - Moon Pennyk
65 - Bird's-foot-trefoil
66 - Bird's-foot-trefoil
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67a - photo by Ian Crawshaw
68 Chee Dale Nature Reserve

69 Forget-me-not
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71 waiting for enervated ramblers?

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74 disused lime kilns
74a - photo by Ian  Crawshaw - alternate layers of coal and limestone were loaded from the top of the Kiln
74b - photo by Ian Crawshaw - inside the actual kilns

74c - photo by Ian Crawshaw

74d Common Spotted Orchid - photo by Ian Crawshaw
75 description of disused lime kilns

75a - photo by Ian Crawshaw

76 viaduct on the Monsal Trail over the River Wye - we descended to the river alongside it
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78 Highland cattle with large impressive horns
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80 scramble down on polished limestone rock - care required especially in slippery wet condition
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84 set of stepping stones (two sets on route)
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87 Mallard ducks & ducklings
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90 - Common Spotted Orchid
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92 climbing from the River Wye path up the Pennine Bridleway
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  • Viaduct in distance took trains to Buxton, but Monsal Trail does not continue over it.
  • Railtrack on right still serves Limestone quarries
  • footbridge over river gives access to row of terraced houses (one chimney visible)
  • unseen behind parking area (for residents only) is bicycle hire outlet
  • footpath starting to the right of the river later climbs up towards the rail tracks and follows river high above it
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98 seen on way to Hassop Farm
99 Wormhill Hall just visible behind cattle
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102 while descending on Pennine Bridleway we saw Peter Dale to left and Monk's Dale to right of road  
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104 seen on the steep climb up the road to Monksdale House
105 a short distance on a dry stone walled lane - part of the Limestone Way before turning off to Tideswell 
106 Monksdale House
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108 - Bird's-foot-trefoil
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