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2021.07.28 Baslow - start (just N of 'Pay' Parking / PC / & bus stops / in small open 'park' at its SE end) SK259.721, ~E on minor rd to just cross bridge over stream then SSW / SSE to enter Chatsworth Park at SK258.718, informal paths ~SE / S towards but just East of unseen Hunting Tower, path SSE / E to North End of Emporer Lake, SSE past 'empty' Swiss Lake, then SE / S / W / S then SE thru Rabbit Warren turning ~NE to pass South end of Bunker's Hill Wood to its East end (near Hob Hurst's House), follow track 'Northward' along edge of B.H. Wood and 'walled fields', at SK285.714 take FP ~N for ~200m, follow very rough track (parts boggy) ~WNW above Heathy Lea Brook to SK277.721 & 'V turn' and cross FB across H.L.Brook and up steep steps to A619 rd at SK278.721, follow this rd ~E then join B6050 Rd and then shortly leave turning ~N on path below Birchen Edge, after ~200m scramble up rough path ~E up to top of B. Edge, follow path along Edge (passing Nelsons Monument to Trig Beacon at SK278.731, follow path down Birchen Edge turning slowly WSW, at SK273.729 'V turn' N for about 360m (passing 'late Neolithic / early bronze age engraved stone'), turn NW to Gardom's Edge and follow ~N turning E at SK273.737, E / ENE to junct. of Sheffield / Curbar Rds at SK278.740, ~180 WNW up Curbar Rd, W on FP then WSW past Wellingtons Monument to join & follow Bar Rd SSW downwards then Eaton Hill (Rd) S / SE back to start. Leader Simon Gray - 18walkers - no pre booking required after Covid rules relaxed.
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1 Leader briefing walkers at start of walk |
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2 as above |
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4 after crossing bridge over stream we turned and passed thatched house on way to Chatsworth Park |
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6 turning entrance gate which stops animals entering or leaving park but speeds access of people |
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7 - pictures 7, 8, 9 show whole party + 1 photographer = 18 |
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11 deer in the shade |
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12 ditto with sheep (although not particularly warm) |
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13 heading up to road / track near the Hunting Lodge (which we did not see) |
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17 small pond not shown on OS maps or on 'board' in picture 23 |
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18 picture taken at North end of Emporer Lake looking SSW |
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19 Swiss Cottage lake in fr4ont of it (see picture 23) is usually full - do not know why it is empty. Possibly natural supply reduced or water demand increased? |
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20 looking South between trees on edge of path at Park Farm |
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23 Beeley Hilltop Farrm down SW of us? |
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24 Park Farm seen this time looking northward - cattle going out to pasture? |
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25 zoomed in - possibly Calton Houses right of Middle? |
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26 heading through Open Access Land toward South end of Bunker's Hill Wood |
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27 looking NNW at Winhill Pike to left and Bamford Rdge to right of middle |
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28 lunch break near Hob Hurst's House (virtually only an excavation left) |
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29 thunderstorms and rain gathers - we put on 'wet gear' but removed it when rain did not come. But we were caught later by rain and then belatedly put on 'wet gear' |
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33 Footpath from track down to path along Heathy Lee Brook |
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34 walking along above Heathy Lee Brook |
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40 turned to cross footpath over Heathy Lee Brook |
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41 Heathy Lee Brook seen from Footbridge |
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42 up steep steps from footbridge to A619 road |
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44 Passing The Robin Hood |
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45 looking out SW from Birchen Edge |
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46 Moorside Farm below Birchen Edge |
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47 Memorial Column to Nelson |
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48 boulders inscribed with name of Nelson's ship at Battle of Trafalgar |
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49 this boulder inscribed - Royal Soverin |
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50 looking along north end of Birchen Edge |
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51 down from the Trig Point on Birchen Edge and heading ~WSW towards turning point to path to Stone Iron Age Engraving |
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52 glass fibre replica placed above actual engraved rock |
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55 part of Gardom's Edge |
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56 Wellington's Monument |
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57 zoomed into rock called Eagle Stone |
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60 down Bar Road (an ancient track) |
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62 looking back / across at Gardom's Edge |
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