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2018.04.22 - Matlock - start ~SK298602 ~WSW on Limestone Way, turn off on FP ~S before Masson Lees Farm, slow circle thru Heights of Abraham to enter Bonsall from West, from Cross /steps ~NNE then ~W to Upper Town, from rd T junction at ~SK272584 head ~NNW on FPs to Wensley and ~W thru it, ~ NNW on FP thru Cambridge Wood, turn NNE on track then 'V' turn at ~SK258618, head ~W through Clough Wood & Clough Lane to Uppertown Farm, cross Birchover Lane, ~ W to B5056 Rd at SK229620, ~200m S on Rd, then turn off ~NNW on Limestone Way passing Robin Hood's Stride, leave Limestone Way taking FP thru Harthill Moor Farm, ~NNW (rejoining LS Way) to Bradford River below Youlgreave, ~NW then ~NE to Youlgreave Church, ~N on roads to Conksbury, ~E then ~N on road to cross Conkbury Bridge over River Lathkill, follow road ~ NNE then N past Noton Barn Farm, ~NE on Intake Lane to Haddon Road & NNW on rd then through park into Bakewell - leader Andrew Irwin - Sunday

upward on the Limestone Way - Riber Castle on the skyline behind

looking back at Matlock

Hawthorn hedge in blossom?

yellow Violets? or wild Pansy?

zoomed in shot of Riber Castle

cliffs above the River Derwent (unseen below)

view-point on the Heights of Abraham (which once was the site of many lead mines)

Information Boards at the viewing point

dropping a pebble down an old lead mine shaft hopefully to hear it hit water

Bluebells

white and pink Wood Anemones

Ember Farm?

Wood-sorrel?

Lesser Celandine

entering Bonsall

St James Church, Bonsall

Cross on circular steps near Kings Head PH

looking back at Bonsall

narrow lane en route to Upper Town

tea break while looking back at Bonsall

enigma at Upper Town?

heading towards Wensley

light rain shower rather than predicted thunderstorms

Wensley far ahead?

barn some way before Wensley

Wensley

The Red Lion Inn, Wensley. No longer serving the public - our route passed it

shortly after the Red Lion Inn we turned toward Clough Wood (on sign)

note eco-house top left - covered by soil

through Cambridge Wood

bracket fungi?

apparently relic of mining works - unfortunately no Information Board - capped off mining shaft just visible in front

leader informing walker of our position & route ahead?

primroses

looking across to Birchover just north of us

Birchover again

Birchover again

For-Me-Nots

rock here probably served as wall to a building

looking toward Robin Hood's Stride (which we passed later)

Larch cones

Banded Galloway cattle

rock massif with Hermits Cave passed on our route

Robin Hood's Stride seen again

un-named Stone Circle zoomed into from our route

Stanton Hall and church spire - zoomed into from our route

Harthill Moor Farm

Harthill Moor Farm

Harthill Moor Farm

Youlgreave ahead. Pond to right near Hollow Farm

part of Youlgreave

stone footbridge over River Bradford. Later we followed inclined path (on left of picture) into Youlgreave

upstream of footbridge

Co-operative Stores - now a Youth Hostel

Bulls Head Hotel

Bulls Heads ear serves as anchor to bunting

Youlgreave's - All Saints Church

walking towards Conksbury

Conksbury Bridge over the River Lathkill

River Lathkill seen downstream of conksbury Bridge

zoomed into Over Haddon (off our route)

Noton Barn Farm ahead to right - we turned to right past it onto Intake Lane leading to Haddon Road and Bakewell

Bakewell suburbia