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2022.06.22 Start Tideswell near PC at ~SK151:755, ~S for about 450m on Gordon Rd (alongside & parallel to Buxton Rd), ~120m ~W on tarred ‘Richard Lane’, & take FP ~SSW for ~400m to SK150:746, then ~200m to Meadow Lane, 300m ~S down M. Lane, & take FP ~SSW for 850m, then W (on lower FP branch) to Limestone Way & S then E on it to M. Lane and W down it, join Buxton Rd, & ~WSW along it (& the River Wye), pass under the ‘steel railway viaducts’ above), cross road at ~SK137:732 and continue on the path close to the river, pass under the arched brick viaduct above (taking The Monsal Trail) and continue to & across the Foot Bridge at SK128:735 (in Chee Dale Nature Reserve),~S steeply up toward Blackwell Hall, take SSE FP and then cross B6049 Rd at SK128:720,
& go ESE along tarred Lane passing Highcliffe Farm and turning SSE for 140m to Priestcliffe Lane, and 150m ENE along P.Lane, then on FP ESE and across a road to Rock Lodge Farm SK138.716, NNE / NW / NNE to start of Broadway Lane at SK 140:721 but take FP ~E turning SE thru High Dale, at SK158:715 turn ~E thru Brushfield (Middle & Lower Farms) and further East turning off BW at SK167:717 ~S thru Brushfield Hough to cairns SK168:709, ~E for 100m t5hen SSE down to and across A6 Road at SK170:707,
~SSW to junct. of FPs at SK169:702 (~W from Deep Dale & SE), take SE path for ~100m then Eastwards thru Great Shacklow Wood then closer to The River Wye and passed derelict Water Mills to join the road from Kirk Dale at SK190:694, ~ENE down road to the A6 Rd & followed it ~E for ~750m & joined FP at ~SK199:695 following ~E along River Wye and turning back ~SE to re-join the A6 Rd before Lumford Mill, then along the road into Bakewell, diverting thru park at end to Bus Stop Terminus.
Leader Liz Savage – 12 on walk, about 12.5miles, excellent weather
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2 - 75th Tideswell Well Dressing - seen at the staet of our walk |
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3b description of this well dressing |
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1a extract of 'The Cathedral in the Peak' |
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3a Well dressing in Tideswell |
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4 starting along Gordon Road |
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5 passing The Cherry Tree - supplier of delicious 'Take Away' food |
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12 plastic covered bales of harvested hay? |
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18 uncovered bales |
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26 well maintained dry stone walls made from irregulat limestone rocks |
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43 dry dew pond - not now used for watering domestic animals |
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50 calf |
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52 tea break |
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64 briefly on The Limestone Way - Measow Lane ahead |
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65 on Meadow Lane descending to Millers Dale |
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67 houses at Millers Dale |
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68 recent extension to left |
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69 Millers Dales Church |
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73 steel viaducts no longer used for trains. The arched viaduct now is under the Monsal Trail |
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74 The River Wye alongside Buxton Road |
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76 now private houses - possibly at one time owned by railway company? |
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81 have ceossed Buxton Road but still walking along The River Wye - Heron does not seem perturbed by passing walkers |
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92 view from Foot Bridge (at Chee Dale Nature Reserve) looking upstream at River Wye |
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93 from footbridge looking downstream at The River Wye |
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94 ascending toward Blackwell Hall |
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95 detritus left from mining railway tunnel many years ago? |
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100 view down part of gorge taking the River Wye |
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103 leader sets the pace |
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107 muck spreading now done by liquid rather than 'throwing' solid material |
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114 presumably hay covered by plastic sheer weighted down by halk rubber tyres? |
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118 Blackwell hall Farm sign |
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121 pony head protected from predatory insects |
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131 on Priestcliffe Road? |
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133 walking toward Rock Lodge Farm |
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140 fungi on tree |
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141 Priestcliffe Hall? |
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145 through a labyrinth of paths (assisted by map on smart phone) |
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152 lunch break |
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155 more harvesting - smal square bales behind |
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156 as above |
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164 heasing toward High Dale |
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170High Dale |
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178 Middle Farm in Brushfield? |
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181 The old School House |
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186 Look at Monsal Head - not our destination on this walk |
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188 have passed though Brushfield Hough |
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191 heading down towards the A6 Road at Lees Bottom |
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197 near Lees Bottom |
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203 Deep Dale Nature Reserve |
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205 in Great Shacklow Wood |
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209 sun filters through trees |
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213 some pastures between The River Wye and the A6 road |
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214 broader sections of The River Wye |
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217 underground stream entering the River Wye - possibly water from Magpie Mine? |
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223 water wheel next to mill |
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225 The disused Mill and wheel |
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226 a nother wheelon the far side of the mill. Do not know what the adjacent building was usedfor? |
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229 Angler |
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234 ducklings |
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225 pond on River Wye much further to East in Ashford Lake |
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237 Weir also in the Ashford Lake area |
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