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2020.09.23 Sheffield Ramblers Social Distancing Walk with 11 people, train Sheffield to Grindleford Station (some by car), FP ~E up to / across B6521 Rd at SK252787, up ~ESE parallel to stream in Oaks Wood, gradual U turn (S/W/NW) then W /SSW to & along edge of housing to SK252782, ~SE (on edge of Hay Wood) then ~S (near parking area) cross stream then A625 Rd at SK255776, then new route* ~SE for ~60m up rd then sharp U turn NW up to Frogatt Edge, follow track southward along Frogatt Edge then Curbar Edge (but where possible use paths closer to edge - more interesting), reach road passing between Curbar & Baslow Edges at SK260747, ~WNW then ~S down rd, at SK257747, leave road on path ~W to SK257747, follow path ~NNW to SK249760, down ~W to cross A625 rd at SK247760 (to South of PH), continue ~WSW down to minor rd, follow this road ~N above River Derwent past Froggatt Bridge, continue Northward on Spooner Lane / DVH Way thru Woods & Horse Hay Coppice to & across B6521 Rd (SW of Church), continue on DVH Way  to cross FB (actually wider) at SK243785, ~NNE  then E to cross Rail Bridge at SK246790, Eastward (to north of railtrack) to cross railtrack again before Tunnel Portal. Refreshments at Grindleford Station Cafe then back to Sheffield. Leader Linda Cooley - Wednesday)  *safer road crossing?

1 climbing up from the B6521Road
2 ditto
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8 skirting along the east edge of the 'suburb' South and well above Grindleford Station
9 in Hay Wood
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12 crossing a stream just before the A625 Road

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14 a 'new route' after crossing the A625 Road - going away from but then 'U' turning back to  Froggatt Edge
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17 tea break
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22 no time to set up my tripod! zoomed in hand held shot!
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27 looking across at Baslow Edge (which we did not follow on this walk) We turned down the 'road / gap' between Curbar and Baslow Edges hidden below the trees
28 down to the road between Curbar and Baslow Edges
29 looking back from the road up at Curbar Edge
30 turning off the road (after passing Warren Lodge)
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32 start of path below Curbar Edge towards PH
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34 Froggatt Bridge reflected in River Derwent
35 Froggatt Bridge which we passed to right
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37 Spooner Lane and Derwent Valley Heritage Way passes to left of house

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39 continuing on DVH Way

40 coming up towards the bridge over the railway

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42 taken from 'Upper Padley' bridge over the Sheffield / Manchester - Hope Valley rail route. Grindleford Station  platforms further round corner

43 Padley Chapel behind us. Brunts Barn to left

44 The old mill

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46 Burbage Brook between the Mill and Railway Tunnel Portal

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