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2019.11.06 Start at SK278740 - {junct A621 (Sheffield Rd) & minor rd ~WNW toward Curbar}, ~SSE up to Birchen Edge, ~WSW then SSE along B.Edge to SK282723, down W then ~S to B6050 Rd, ~W joining A619 Rd and passing Robin Hood Inn, cross A619 Rd & ~S down steps to cross FB over Hearthy Lea Brook, follow brook ~ESE and cross Emporer Stream, then up ~S to join track at SK284714, follow track ~WSW thru Gibbet Moor, continue on track ~S along fields then on edge of Bunker Hill Wood, turn at wood south end ~SW and continue ~SW thru Rabbit Warren (moor), join track at SK278685 follow this track NW to SK271691, V turn S down to Beeley Hilltop, follow road ~W to Beeley Lodge, ~W over road bridge across River Derwent, ~W / S / W to Calton Lees, ~W to past Calton Houses, ~ NE up for ~200m then ~W thru Calton Pastures to pond SK235688, ~NW to Ballcross Farm, follow road NNW then V turn ~SSW on rd, cross Monsall Trail joining B6048 rd, cross River Wye into Bakewell - leader Will Carlile - Wednesday

leader briefs walkers at gate next to 'Curbar Crossroads'

heading up to Birchen Edge

Trig Beacon on Birchen Edge

Nelsons Monument

rock climbing below us

large boulders named after Nelson's ships

Moorside Farm below us - barn roof being repaired?

steep slope leading down from Birchen Edge to path which later turns to right to Robin Hood Inn

care required descending on steep rocky sections

to the Inn.

passed without entering

a competitor for macho polititians?

after the Inn we crossed the A619 road and steeply descended to the Footbridge over Heathy Lea Brook

over the Footbridge

view of Heathy Lea Brook from the footbridge

well made stile over drystone wall with concrete slab steps

down to Heathy Lea Brook

along the Brook

Emporer Stream Cascading down into Heathy Lea Brook

up from Heathy Lea Brook to track through Gibbet Moor - no indication as to where gibbet may have been?

On the track through Gibbet Moor

somewhere along Bunkers Hill Wood

Larch branch

at south end of Bunkers Hill Wood.

crossing Rabbit Warren (moor)

farm near Beeley Hilltop which we descended to and passed

Toad Stools now decorative items in gardens but possibly originally used to support wooden racks or structures on which grain (and other produce) was dried or stored. The top stone cap prevented rats from climbing up onto racks or into stores. Similar structures with intact store rooms above are seen retained in northern Spain mainly as historic buildings. Removable steps gave access into stores.