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2020.10.14 Ramblers social distancing walk with 6 persons. Start bus stop at SK207824 just off A621 rd (~100m SW of  Bamford Stn), ~WNW on access rd (Mytham Bridge), FB over River Derwent & along A618 rd to end of Garden Centre SK203826, ~N under Railtrack then ~NW to Quaker Centre, track NNW (not D.V.H.Way) to join tarred Thornhill Lane at SK199834, follow rd then path alongside rd to SK192837, SW then W on FP to cross rd at SK186834 (Ryecroft), continue W to cross SW on rd under Railtrack at SK178835, ~SW to Station Rd then directly NNW along River Noe for about 400m, turn ~E to cross under Railtrack at SK175837 ~W  to pass Farfield Farm, before Aston at SK182839 turn ~N up to Edge Farm, BW ~NNW for ~2km passing well above Twitchill Farm / thru Top Plantation / along Hope Bank up to gate at SK173861 (south of Wooler Knoll), ~ENE / NNW / NE thru woods to SK174865, follow path eastward winding thru Wiseman Hey Clough Plantation passing New Barn  & The Springs turning South to reach Ladybower Reservoir Embankment at SK198855, follow road then D.V.H. Way (old dam construction rail track)  South to SK197848, branch off ~SSW up to SK195840, turn ~SE crossing a road and then D.V.H.Way at SK200836, ~ESE to Bamford Mill, cross River Derwent & ~NE past millpond, but then U turn around Mill buildings ~S on access road to meet Station Rd, ~400m South on Stn Rd, turn ~S  thru Caravan Park passing under Railtrack and following River Derwent to Mytham Bridge & start - leader Angela Coles - Wednesday

1 The River Derwent taken from the Footbridge at the end of  Mytham Bridge (road) seen here to right.

2 walking toward The Quaker Centre

3 The Quaker Centre - formerly a Waterboard building.

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6a Enlarged from above picture showing fungi. Are the sheep browsing off them?

7 We turned left into Thornhill Lane

8 Synphoricarpos (snow berries)

9 Chapel now a picture framing business

10 Hope Cement Plant

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14 Coastguard helicopter
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21 turning in to follow The River Noe for some distance
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26 Lose Hill

27 under the railtrack - Hope Valley Line

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29 up toward Edge Farm

30 Bridleway from Edge Farm passes ruin

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32 Mam Tor to Lose Hill on skyline

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34 Lose Hill - broom in front

35 looking over Hope at Cement Plant

36 Lose Hill (Wards Place)

37 Vale of Edale past Lose Hill - Kinder plateaux behind

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41 Jaggers Clough behind carved into Kinder
42 lunch near Wooler Knoll
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44 one of the two 'hills' behind Crookhill Farm
45 Wiseman Hey Clough Plantation
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48 West arm of Ladybower Reservoir
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50 the viaduct across Ladybower Reservoir taking the A6013 to Bamford

51 The inside face of Ladybower Reservoir

52 Bamford Edge at top. Reservoir control works below

53 road near reservoir joins old railway track used during reservoir construction - now part of Derwent valley Heritage Way

54 zoomed into top of Bamford Edge

55 veering upward off the flat D.V.H.Way

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60 back down toward the D.V.H.Way

61 House above D.V.H.Way and the route to Bamford Mill

62 towards Bamford Mill

63 The Mill Pond

64 bridge across the River Derwent below the Mill Pond.

65 view of the Mill Pond from the footbridge

66 an art project by local school children

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69 reflections mirroring a pleasant walk

70 Bamford Mills Clock Tower. Mill now converted to residential accommodation.

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