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2019.06.16 ~WSW on FP past Bakewell Church & ~80m on Rd, turn ~SSE past Cemeteries, FP ~SSW / S to short of Noton Barn Farm, Road & FP ~W to & thru Over Haddon to P / PC, ~S on Rd down to & across Lathkill Dale, zigzag on track ~S up to Meadow Place Grange, FP ~SSW to / across Back Lane, ~SSE to cross Moor Lane, ~ S past Lomberdale Hall on road and then ~SSW into Middleton, ~S on Weaddow Lane then ~SSW on BW turning into Long Dale and following it ~ESE, NNE thru Gratton Dale to Dale End Farm, on road to Gratton Grange Farm, ~WNW on FP thru farm continuing on to Low Fields Farm, turn gradually N on FPs then W to join Bradford Dale (to E of Middleton), follow Dale to Alport, Cross River Lathkill on road, follow Dark Lane / track / road past Noton Barn Farm, ~NE on Intake Lane to Haddon Rd, ~NNW into Bakewell (off rd where possible?) - leader Andrew Irwin - Sunday.

directly up from the bus stop to pass the church

branching off onto the road / route past the cemeteries

lush growth after recent rains

nearing road passing Noton Barn Farm and turnoff road then footpath to Over Haddon

Zoomed, from the FP to Over Haddon, southwest over Lathkill Dale into Youlgreave Church

Over Haddon's Public House -Lathkill Hotel

walking down from the Parking Area / PC to River Lathkill

low bridge over River Lathkill

zigzag-ing up from River Lathkill to Meadow Place Grange (farm)

Out buildings at Meadow Place Grange (farm)

as above

Meadow Place Grange (farm house)

note FP to Youlgreave is ~ SSE. FP to Middleton is ~SSW (the route we took).

looking back at the Meadow Place Grange (farm) with Over Haddon seen across Lathkill Dale at top right of picture

a view ~ North

zoomed in view of above picture

party in distance is on Limestone Way heading ~WNW to Calling Low?

we heading south to road passing Lomberdale Hall

as above

Lomberdale Hall seen from its entrance on the road

view from road (just after the Hall) onto path leading ~ East down to Bradford Dale (not taken by us - we continued on road to Middleton)

Chapel House built 1826 - a grade2 listed building

took side excursion to Batemans Tomb.

Thomas Bateman, an Archaelogist who 'dug' in Derbyshire. Vacant plot in fenced enclosure possibly intended for his wife Mary & children - but no memorial stones?

a view from the enclosed tomb back to the Chapel

a back view of some of Middleton's buildings

interesting barn - possibly built for special purpose but what?

weather vane on barn

Mole trapper displays his haul

on Weaddow Lane

to right BW continuing south of Weaddow Lane

heading toward Long Lane

zoomed into rocks - do not appear to have been placed there by ancient men

view down into Long Dale

09 Longdale (SK 19060 60254) We meet to create memories and depart to cherish them - from a Tibetian teahouse menu Proposed by Alan Burgess, carved by Celia Kilner. Alan discovered this text while trekking in Nepal. He felt it summed up his time in the Himalaya and wanted to bring a little of his experience back to Middleton.