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2015.07.26 - Buxton, Townend Farm, Woo Dale, Wye Dale, Chee
Dale, Millers Dale - leaders Tony Allsopp & Gillian Manasse - Sunday (a
very wet day - water on camera lens sometimes)
some pictures from pre-walks included as noted - PW & date
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| PW 2015.04.19 - we started the walk just under this viaduct |
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| a cup of coffee at Wetherspoons before start |
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| Buxton's domed 'stables' |
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| looking back at Buxton - railway viaduct in foreground |
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| Cherry Tree Farm |
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| PW 2015.07.17 |
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| down Lesser Lane |
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| PW 2015.04.19 |
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| looking at allotments & top of Cunning Dale |
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| Tongue Lane Industrial Estate behind |
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| PW 2015.07.17 - Lesser Lane behind |
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| heading towards Red Gap Farm |
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| PW2015.04.19 Tunstesd Works |
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| in Church Lane before Woo Dale |
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| PW 2015.05.17 |
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| the start of Woo Dale |
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| 2015.07.17 part of the haymaking process in one of the
fields in picture above |
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| PW2015.05.24 The River Wye at the start of the climb up
towards Cow Low |
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| climbing up towards but short of Cow Low farm |
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| looking down at Topley Pike Quarry over River Wye - unseen
below |
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| PW 2015.07.17 collecting cut grass from fields in above
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| on North side above River Wye walking east (towards
Blackwell Mill Cottages) |
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| another view of the Topley Pike Quarry |
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| PW2015.04.19 - view in Topley Pike Quarry direction |
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| PW 2015.06.28 - a different breed of sheep in this spot on
earlier walk |
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| PW2015.04.19 - a view up Great Rocks Dale seen before
descending to Blackwell Mill Cottages |
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| Blackwell Mill Cottages just visible below - Chee Dale ahead
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| through culvert under rail track leading to Great Rocks Dale
& Tunstead Works (limestone) |
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| Blackwell Mill Cottages |
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| footbridge (BOP to Monsal Trail etc) |
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| into Chee Dale |
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| PW 2015.07.2015 |
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| first (West) stepping stones we crossed |
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| crossing from Left to Right bank - a further BOP up to
Monsal Trail shortly beyond this. |
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| crossing back from Right to Left bank |
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| second set (East) stepping stones |
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| encountering rock climbers |
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| greasy 'steps' to climb up |
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| with the tunnels now open the Monsal Trail running
parallel to the River is another alternative |
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| Millers Dale 'railway station' |
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| railway viaduct just visible behind |
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