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2019.02.13 (~3km E of Buxton) on A6 Road at ~SK093725, ~E up track then over rail track, ~SSW thru & beyond Sterndale on rd, at SK092715 turn off ~SSE to join & follow Priest's Way thru Horseshoe Dale to A5270 Rd, follow rd & FP to 'Sewage Works?', ~ E on Lanes / paths to ~SK113700 in Chelmorton, ~NE up to Church & PH, ~ENE on FP passing on south side of Fiveways Farm to Taddington, cross A6 Road at SK145714, ~NE to / down / across Highdale, up track to join and follow track NNW for ~200m to SK152724, ~NE down to Monsal Trail, ~50m E on Trail then down and across FB over River Wye into Litton Mill, follow R. Wye to west on rd, but turn off ~N up Tideswell Dale to Pk & PC, continue on path but cross B6049 Rd near Sewage Works, follow path (parallel to but above the B6049 Rd) into Tideswell - leader John Taylor - Wednesday

Coming up from a bus stop on the A6 Road (which is just visible below to the right)

a view looking down the valley in which the River Wye and the A6 road runs

toward King Sterndale

A cross, apparently moved from elsewhere, and re-erected in King Sterndale.

The inscription is not clearly legible and I have found no transcription 'on line' - although one possibly exists. My reading is as follows:

This ancient Market Cross was repaired by parishioners in commemoration of the coronation of their majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth

May 12 1937

The Old Barn

'spider web' (next to door) hidden by the tree in above picture

on the road out of King Sterndale

The Church in King Sterndale

The rectory in view behind walkers?

part of Deep Dale through which we did not pass.

descending into Horseshoe Dale through which part of the Priest Way (Path) runs. The dale visible to the right is Back Dale.

at the bottom of Horseshoe Dale

Bullhay Dale passed to our left?

note rare flowers

derelict farm buildings at south end of Horseshoe Dale

along the A5270 road (then through fields) to the 'Sewage Works' where we joined a path leading eastward toward Chelmorton

the lane near the 'Sewage Works' starting our route to Chelmorton.

on a lane well churned by cows - fortunately not too muddy.

Shepley Farm below Chelmorton Low

as there really deer in the field?

Highland Cattle - probably bulls?

a house in Chelmorton

The Chelmorton Troughs - last pair of seven.

Willow Tree Cakins?

Ostlers Barn

good friends - met on walk

Church Inn - barriers probably for new water reticulation system?

Chelmorton's Church

lunch in the churchyard - line of 6 gravestone behind bench are those of one family

grasshopper on top of weather vane

new water reticulation

original Chelmorton water supply - 'Illy-Willy Water'

The 'Illy-Willy Water' Spring - the original water source for Chelmorton

disturbed ground in front remnant of mining?

Five Wells Farm seen to the north of our route

working limestone quarry and works zoomed into

a stampede of sheep

heading down to Taddington beneath us

a useful bus link to Taddington


Taddington''s Church

Old milestone - London 157miles / Bakewell 5.5miles / Buxton 6miles



looking back at Taddington

heading toward High Dale





descending to the bottom of High Dale



climbing out of High Dale

looking down to Miller's Dale (a long dale) to the Cressbrook end on right

Miller's Dale again

houses below near Litton Mill

down towards The Monsal Trail and Litton Mill

down at The Monsal Trail

down from the Monsal Trail to cross the River Wye (and reach Litton Mill)

footbridge over the River Wye (its discharge largely unseen close to the near bank), and the old headrace to the Litton Mill in the middle

the River Wye flowing over a weir near the south bank

River Wye upstream of the headrace

houses west of Litton Mill

in Tideswell Dale

Line of tree leading leading away from the parking area. We turned beyond them to cross the road near the sewage plant and to continue on a path to Tideswell