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2019.06.02 Foolow PH (SK192768), ~WSW on FP then BW to Stanley House, ~S to Wardlow Mires, ~120m W on A623 Rd, ~WSW into Cressbrook Dale, pass Peter's Stone / Tansley Dale / Ravensdale Cottages / on rd to Cressbrook Mill (~SK263728), U - turn ~N and follow River Wye (on its North Bank upstream Westward) thru Litton Mill, past Tideswell Dale & Monk's Dale, ~WSW on B6049 rd under Monsal Trail Railway Viaducts, up (by steps or minor rd) to PC (old Millersdale Rwy Stn), ~W on Monsal Trail to reach & descend before Stone Viaduct (~SK131733), follow R Wye NW then W to FB, but turn ~WNW up then N thru Chee Dale Nature Reserve, on Rd ~N (toward Wormhill) pass Hassop Farm, turn ~E off Rd to North of Church, join FP ENE / NE onto BW ~N down to Rd between Monk's Dale & Peter Dale, rd ~E steeply up to Monksdale House, ~300m S on Limestone Way, FP ~ENE to join Stancote Lane (Track) into Tideswell - leader Andrew Irwin - Sunday.

The Bulls Inn Foolow - marked as PH on maps - the start point of this walk

an ornate Medieval Cross possibly restored and moved to this site

duck pond near cross

heading towards Stanley House

Peter Stone in middle in Cressbrook Dale. Stone also referred to as Gibbet Rock in the past.

Stanley House photographed from top of stile

Wardlow Mires ahead

Peter Stone again

Peter Stone again

passing the Three stags Heads on the A623 road

Littonfields buildings on Mires Lane (unseen in front) but turning off the A623 towards Litton (village)

Cressbrook Dale - a national nature Reserve

closer to Peter Stone

Buzzard -waiting to swoop onto unwary walkers?

Purple orchids - past their best

tea break - Tansley Dale to left entering Cressbrook dale

Tansley Dale

through wild garlic

close up of wild Garlic flower

Ravensdale Cottages

Ravencliffe behind

Cressbrook Mill - a cotton spinning mill - now converted into apartments

new hydro-works apparently to generate electricity

head race off the River Wye

sheep grazing in confined valley area alongside The River Wye

Bull Rushes

remnants of a water wheel - purpose unknown

series of weirs along The River Wye

what type of duck?

Cramside Wood Nature reserve

Litton Mill

cottages near Litton Mill

Water Wheel at Miller's Dale

Church at Miller's Dale

Old Railway Viaducts over the B6049 road - one now takes the Monsal trail

disturbed heron takes flight

Lime Kilns

looking back at the Lime Kilns

brick and stone viaduct which took the railway line but now takes The Monsal Trail - well made steps taken down to River Wye below

River Wye

going up from The River Wye towards Wormhill village

spotted (leaf) orchid

horses and other animals on Wormhill farm(s)

harvesting cut grass for fodder

bridleway (to right of dry stone wall at this point) down to Monk's Dale

Monksdale House at crossways between Pennine Bridleway, Limestone Way and minor road from Tunstead to Tideswell

sea birds - resting inland

grass cut from field leaving green trace of footpath in yellow stubble

more harvesting of grass - cut and gathered in rows earlier

distant farm house

Old Mill (now housing) at end of Stancote Road on edge of Tideswell

house in Tideswell