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2022.08.03 Summary of walk - Bus / car to Bakewell, then bus only to Youlgreave. Walk from Youlgreave via Gratton and Long Dales, thru Middleton & Over Haddon back to Bakewell.

Detail of walk - Start Youlgreave – from Church / Main Street ~NNW down Holywell Lane to cross River Bradford at SK209:640 on FP up ~SE then down ~S to cross Mawstone Lane at SK211:637, continue ~S (passing Mawstone Farm / Bleakley Plantation) for ~1.5km then ~ 800m ~SSE to Cliff Lane, less than 100m down Lane then W / NW / W to Dale End House, ~S down road for ~100m then BW SSW into and ~SSW along Gratton Dale for about 1.9km to meet Long Dale at SK210:597, follow in bottom of Dale ~WNW then NW to SK185:609 then W (slightly N) between woods (Bolderstone Plantations on map) to road at SK175:612, follow road ~N for about 700m to SK177:618, take FP ~ENE thru Ringham Low passing Little Rookery Plantation then Farm and joining Whitfield Lane turning NNE into road Rake Lane at SK192:831 and then ~400m on Rake Lane E into Middleton SK196:640, ~N (after ~100m just past Chapel take side trip to see Batemans Tomb), then return & continue ~NNE along road passing Castle Farm, pass Lomberdale Hall, leave road at SK199:640 and go ~N up thru Woods for ~100m then cross another road and continue north to cross Moor Lane to take FP ~NNW to cross Back Lane at SK196:648, ~NNE passing Meadow Place Grange to upper edge of Lathkill Dale at SK201:660, steep / slippery path ~E down Dale edge for ~300m then V turning WNW to cross ~N on FB over River Lathkill at SK213:661, winding road steeply up Northward to Parking / PC at SK203:664 in Over Haddon, ~E along Main Street to Inn at SK208:664, FP E then ENE to join road at SK212:665, ~ENE on road to Noton Barn Farm and take road to N for less than 100m, then continue ~N on FP for ~500m and turn ~ NNE down then up to the Cemeteries, NNW past the Cemeteries then NNE steeply down Lane & road into Bakewell. Leader Liz Savage – 11 on walk – about 13.5miles.

1 The River Wye with Bakewell's Church behind

3 further downstream on the River Wye

5 The stone arch bridge under the the A619 Road into Bakewell

8 looking up the River Wye from the stone bridge

12 just downstream of the stone bridge

16 The Rutland Arms Hotel with Bakewells War Memorial in front

17 flowers in the Park near the bus stops

Now in Youlgreave after coming from Bakewell in bus

22 seen down Hollywell Lane (on our way down to cross The River Bradford)

24 see above

26 coming down Hollywell Road

29 The bridge over The River Bradford at the bottom of Hollywell Lane

32 up the footpath from the bridge in picture above

34 looking across at Youlgreave Church

36 passing Mawstone Farm buildings

38 leader using map on cell phone to check route

39 pond below next to Hollow Farm

48 tea break

50 the way ahead

51 Dale End House on our route ahead zoomed into

56 passing stone from Burycliffe Quarry (long closed)

57 briefly on the road down to Elton

58 interesting notice on Elton village

59 The Burycliffe Troughs, where before 1940, drinking water was fetched in containers by Elton Villagers

63 Dale End House ahead

68 an Owl espied in Dale End House

69 --- and also a Peacock

74 seen from Bridleway en route to Gratton Dale

75 note on Limekiln - see next picture

76 Limekiln rather overgrown and difficult to orientate

77 part of Gratton Dale

80 Gratton Dale

82 approaching Long Dale from Gratton Dale (The Dales are roughly at a right-angle to one another)

88 Long Dale

91 a glimpse somewhere aside of Long dale

95 The stones are inscribed but are very difficult to read or to decipher images. The writing apparently says : We meet to create memories and depart to cherish them