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2021.10.27 Tideswell (start / end) bus stop & PC at SK151.756, ~N on Queens Str into High Str, turn ~W below Manchester Rd, informal path ~W past Communal Orchard, at SK148.760 join road W  then WNW to Wheston, continue past Boston Farm and at appr SK127.766 find FP ~WNW leading to top bank edge of Hay Dale, at SK121.770 cross stile and descend gradually to bottom of Hay Dale, U turn at SK121.770 and follow Dale ~SE then ~S to skew across road and at SK123.765 enter Peter Dale and follow ~SSE to road (& Monks Dale not taken), follow Pennine Bridleway ~S up, then W (above Wormhill village) to skew cross road at SK123.743  and pass thru Old Hall Farm, continue ~W on Pennine Bridleway to road at SK111.746, turn ~S for ~240m and leave Pennine Bridleway on FP ~ESE to Hassop Farm and road to Wormhill, turn ESE on road and then almost immediately take FP ~S down to Chee Dale Nature Reserve, skew ESE down to the River Wye, follow river ~ESE passing under Viaduct (previously for railway now the Monsal Trail), continuing along the River to the B6049 Rd at SK138.732, ~ENE along the Rd under two railway viaducts to the small Millers Dale Church, take lower road alongside River past, Ravenstor at SK157.731 (below the Field Study Centre (unseen) at SK157.731 V turn up Tideswell Dale then follow Northward to the Parking Area / PC, follow the road B6049 northward on a path keeping on its East side but cross the road at the junction SK155.748 (Tideswell / Liton Dale) and follow the road ~NNW back to Tideswell. Leader Liz Savage - Wednesday - 15 on walk - 11miles

1 walk starts on the streets in Tideswell - some of the buildings identify the route.
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5 St Johns, Tideswell (Cathedral of The Peak) - tower visible above roofs here.
6 Tideswell Community Orchard
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9 in distance Tower near Tideslow Rake? - old surface mine
10 on the road to Wheston
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15 tea break - cafe open here over weekends only
16 a B&B (Bed and Breakfast) establishment
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21 herding sheep
22 role reversal - sheep dog directs Shepherd?
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26 on route to top edge of Hay Dale
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29 nearing top bank edge of Hay Dale
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32 over stile onto top edge of Hay Dale
33 fence not visible here on either side of stile
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35 in the bottom of Hay Dale
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37 walking in Hay Dale toward Peter Dale
38 Peter Dale seen from Hay Dale
39 in Peter Dale walking towards Monks Dale
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43 The road between Peter Dale to left, and Monks Dale to right. We are climbing up on the PENNINE BRIDLEWAY (to the North side of Wormhill) to Old Hall Farm
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51 Old Hall Farm
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53 hay store in Old Hall Farm
54 Tunstead lime works seen beyond us
55 still on the PENNINE BRIDLEWAY - shortly to turn
56 Now off the PENNINE BRIDLEWAY on footpath to Hassop Farm & Wormhill Road
57 team apparently working on repair of dry-stone walls
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59 looking back
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61 in Chee Dale Nature Reserve walking down toward River Wye

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63 The River Wye

64 carefully supervised abseiling down Monsal Trail Viaduct (old railway viaduct). Careful control is needed passing the arch edge

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66 Dipper

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68 Water Vole

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70 zoomed into board near old mill in Millers Dale. Enlarge to try & read.

71 Millers Dales's church

72 Heron on the River Wye

73 Brown Headed Duck

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75 massive limestone cliffs

76 rock climders on cliff

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78 break at top of Tideswell Dale (parking area & PC)

79 Map of Tideswell Dale

80 path alongside road heading to road junction to Litton & Tideswell.

81 cliff here near road junction below. We took road sidewalk back to Tideswell

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