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2023.01.08 Sunday - Start Fox House bus stop SK.267:803 , SW down then across A6187Rd and on track SSW down & past Lodge and continue to Longshaw Lodge (cafe /PCs), continue ~SSW on track and bend ~W past  South end of 'un-named pond at SK.260:796, continue W then S to junct of paths at SK.258:793, SW to Yanncliff Wood at SK.255:791 then ~S crossing unseen rail tunnel then circling to East thru Oaks Wood and then ~W to SK.253;786, ~SSW to 'touch' road at SK.252:784 then on FP ~SSE behind house to Tumbling Hill, S then SE  to SK.254:779 (same 'northing' as Grouse Inn) ~W then S thru Hay Wood to FB then SSW / W / SSW / NW to SK.245:772 on the Derwent Vallwy Heritage Way, follow the D.V.H.Way to SK.244:761 and cross Froggatt Bridge, continue S on the West edge of the River Derwent and up to road at the South end of New Bridge (bend of A625), leaving DVHWay go SSE steeply up FP then turn SSW thru Hare Knoll to 'edge', W then SSW down to A623 Rd & across it at SK.241:748, S /W on roads thru Calver to SK.240:745, SSE to then steeply up to Bramley Wood at SK.243:740 (main party continued SW along Bramley Wood (and then on toward Bakewell). Photographer went SSE / S to Road Bend SK.244:735 at Bramley Farm, and followed road southward on edge of Townend Wood past Bubnell Farm then past Bubnell Hall and along road (on edge of River Derwent)  to cross road Bridge at SK.251:724 (just NW of Baslow Church), short distance ~E on the road  past the Church then turn off ENE thru the village passing the School for about 100m then turn on road S then SE to cross the A619 Road to the bus stop near the PC / Pay Parking Area at Baslow Nether End. Main Party was led by Andrew Irwin - 11 started at Fox House - with 3 walkers branching off to alternative shorter walks - Baslow Nether End (8 miles) & Hathersage.

1 Group before starting out at Fox House

2 The Fox House Hotel / Public House

4 descending towards The National Trusts (NT) Longshaw Estate

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7 The rebuilt cafe

8 as above

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10 Top left Higger Tor with Carl Wark Fort just below it

15 The older part of NT Longshaw Estate - part used as hospital in First World War. Chapel to right.

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18 closer to the un-named pond

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30 some Grindleford Housing next to Nether Padley / Tumbling Hill
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33 we took footpath behind this house into deer area
42 Richard Bennett spotted the deer (well camouflaged in the woods)  and pointed them out to me. Fortunately we were downwind.
47 only one stag seen at a distance
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63 Part of Grindleford (village)
69 Winhill Pike top left. Part of Hathersage in from the right hand side of picture
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73 fungi still attached to dead tree after it has toppled
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82 now on Derwent Valley Heritage Way (generally follows the line of The River Derwent but is not always immediately alongside it)
83 morning tea break in woods to North of Spooner Way
84 a breed of 'woolly headed' sheep?
85 Froggatt Edge at top

87 Stoke Hall - River Derwent just visible below it

89 The River Derwent upstream of Froggatt Bridge

90 Froggatt Bridge seen looking upstream

92 Goosander Ducks - male black head? female orange head?

94 wet lands near The River Derwent

95 New Bridge over The River Derwent - on far side is a large pond behind a weir. This pond feeds The Goit to Calver Mill. The Mill is now converted into housing units

96 Wetlands

97 a closer view of New Bridge - Curbar Edge is behind at the top

100 looking down at the Pond feeding The Goit to Calver Mill

101 a large Fungi loose on the ground - over one foot long

103 on the way to Hare Knoll which is NE above Calver (village)

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107 Calver (village) behind as we start towards the ascent up to Bramley Woods

110 Photographer has left main party at Bramley Woods and is now descending at Bramley Farm.

114 The automatic camera has now chosen 'its blue and green mode' without human intervention - Bubnell Hall seen here just off the road alongside The River Derwent

116 a weir on The River Derwent apparently creating the pond feeding the once 'mill' to the right of centre.

118 a another view of the weir and pond above

119 Baslow House - passed before reaching the school - a route off main roads to Baslow Nether End

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