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2018.07.29Rev1 - Bakewell, ~NNW on A6 Rd, cross River Wye on Packhorse Bridge at ~SK215690, B.W. ~NW for ~200m then ~N to Monsal Trail & Toll Bar House, FP ~NNW to Buskey Cottage, ~WNW on Mires Lane & Rd into Great Longstone, FP ~W toward Little Longstone but turn North at #SK196717, & zig zag to & thru Dale Farm to / ~N up Moor Lane, at bend ~SK196728 join FP ~N across Watersaw Rake & over Longstone Moor, pass to West of Castlegate Stud Farm, on to Housley House, follow for ~300m A623 Rd ~ENE, then Tideswell Lane ~E into Eyam & on to Eyam Hall, ~SE on rd to Church, ~NNE thru churchyard up to road at SK220768, ~E on then ~N on Edge Rd past Mompesson's Well & on to Sir William Hill Road (SK225780), FP NE / NNE / NNW thru Eyam Moor to Leam, rd past Leam Farm, steep FP down to Hazelford Hall, Rd ~NE down to B6001 Rd & along it ~NNW crossing River Derwent on Leadmill Bridge, FP ~ NW passing well East of Nether Hall, under railway viaduct at SK227814 and enter Hathersage - leaders Janice Burton & Val Coleman - Sunday

Heavy Rain for first half of walk made taking photographs difficult but then lighter rain thereafter - rather pleasant coolness as a change to the hot drought conditions over the previous weeks

on the A6 road
crossing the River Wye on the Packhorse bridge
on the bridleway heading toward Toll Bar House
 
Monsal Trail just in front of group with Toll Bar House on A6020 Rd further back
heading toward Buskey Cottage
as above
heading to Great Longstone
 
horses seen near Dale Farm
North across Longstone Moor
 
Wardlow?
 
 
probably Castlegate Stud Farm to our right
Dew pond converted into a waterlily pond (near Housley House)
 
On Tideswell Lane heading to Eyam
Eyam Hall
some of the Plague Cottages on the way to Eyam Church
through the Churchyard
looking back
 
 
red berries on Eyam Moor - not sure what they are?
close-up of berries
heather now turning red
 
zoomed into Bamford Edge
 
 
barn on road at Leam
 
 
 
modern complex near Hathersage Railway Station
Win Hill top left - Bamford Edge to right
Hazelford Hall below us
Win Hill to right top
Hazelford Hall
cow browsing on green creepers on wall rather than on parched brown grass
Barns near Hazelford Hall
collapsing barns from other side
 
Millstone Edge
The Plough Inn
River Derwent seen upstream from Leadmill Bridge

Under railway viaduct before entering Hathersage

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