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2018.11.11 - Matlock Bridge (SK298602), ~WSW uphill on Limestone Way (LS Way), North side of  Masson Lees Farm, at ~SK279590 leave LS Way on FP & Rds thru Upper Town, rejoin part of LS Way heading ~SSW then WSW at ~SK272581, cross Bonsalmoor Lane, ~200m after Leys Farm leave LSWay (at SK257573), FP ~NNW, cross Green Lane & continue to & follow ~ENE on Blackmere Lane, ~150m N on Blakelow Lane, E then SE to join & follow Moorlands Lane to SK271593, FP ~NNW then ~N to SK267610 (East of Wensley), FP ~ESE to short of Manor Farm, turn ~N to short of Ashton Farm, ~E on Rd & FP to River Derwent (SK282609), ~ESE along river on DVHWay to Matlock Bridge - leader Trevor Moss - Sunday - some captions only updated 18th Nov.

1. climbing up Limestone Way from Matlock

2 Riber Castle at top - seen across valley

3 climbing up Limestone Way from Matlock

4. mud - and light rain after a long dry spell - will the drawn-down reservoirs fill up quickly?

5.still climbing up Limestone Way from Matlock

6. looking back at Matlock

7. still climbing up Limestone Way from Matlock

8. looking towards Darley Dale?

9. tea break

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12. above Bonsall

13. down toward Upper Town

14 outskirts of Bonsall / Upper Town

15 dropping down to Bonsall / Upper Town

16 Monkey Puzzle Tree

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19. Greenhough House - inscribed G E H 1759

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21 Remembrance Sunday Poppies, post box and old drinking fountain

22 Weather Vane

23 Bonsall Wesleyan Reform Chapel (in Upper Town)

24 looking back at Upper Town

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26. Path sign for Limestone Way - three LS Way directions marked on map near Upper Town

27 Limestone Way

28.zoomed into Crich Stand

29 on Limestone Way - old mine for lead

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31 dewpond

32 ancient Leyland tractor with new tyres - still ready for action?

33 Leys Farm

34 Ivorbrook Quarry? a limestone quarry and processing plant?

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36 Blakemere Lane

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38 lunch break

39. Teasel

40. Moorlands

41. A mole catchers work - measured ghoulishly by moles trapped? Or is this a source of exotic British biltong?

42 any name for rock edge?

43 part of Matlock? Dimple?

44 downward to Wensley Dale

45 Derwent Valley

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49 Riber Castle again - but valley in front of it is not seen - giving an impression of flat land.

50 Sloe Berries

51 Wensley (village)

52 turning away from Wensley (which we did not visit)

53 Wensley Dale

54 Turning toward Snithererton

55. Manor Farm (Hall apparently no longer there, but are there the remains of a moat?)

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57 Manor Farm (from behind)

58 after turning North away from Manor Farm we saw Oaker village?

59 River Derwent - entrance restricted at this point? - anglers, poachers, wanderers or fish wardens?

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62 River Derwent

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