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2022.10.30 Start Bakewell Bus Terminus SK.218:685, SE on roads passing the P.C. and continuing on Granby Croft (Rd) to cross FB on River Wye at SK.220:684 ~ESE then join & follow a path (on the North side of Agricultural Way) ~SSE then along (generally above) The River Wye and  cross it on FB at SK.231:663 then onto Haddon Rd (A6) at SK.232:664, follow Road for ~ 1km ~ESE, pass the B5056 Rd  then take the next road (sign posted Congreave), on the map this road is Stantonhall Lane, follow this lane ~SE for ~500m & take FP ~S turning ~SSE to Sch in Stanton in The Peak, continue on School Lane to Main Rd turn ~ESE past Church then ~S  then ~ESE (passing road turn-off to Birchover) & continue ~ENE on Lees Rd  (thru Sheepwalk Wood), then at  SK.246:642 turn off on FP ~SSE to Nine Ladies Stone Circle, then turn SSW on FP to just past  unseen ‘Cairn’ & turn ~W on FP passing Cork Stone to join Birchover Road & ~S down it to turn off ~W at SK.241:624 into woods (Dungeon Plantation) but then turning directly WSW, at SK.238:622 turnoff SSW down into Birchover (near PC), (we sheltered under covered bus stop while heavy rain storm hit us), continue ~W on road past Druid Inn, then W on path past small Church at SK.236:621 & at SK.233:622 turn on FP WSW down to un-named Road at SK.229:620, follow road ~S for 150m  then U – turn ~N onto the Limestone Way (took lunch break some distance up sheltered from further heavy rain storm by trees) and then continued up to pass Robin Hoods Stride, & continue NNW to Road / entrance of Harthill Moor Farm, but we continued ~NNE on road to turn at SK.224:630 WNW into woods then SSW out of woods to SK.219:630, ~NNW for ~1km to cross the River Bradford at SK.213:640, short distance ~W along River then then skewed up narrow paved FP then Rd to pass small Church (SK.210:642) (PC also nearby), N / W / N on roads to join (off Moor Lane) FP at SK.207:645, ~NNW (crossing Back Lane) and on to Meadow Place Grange, ~N thru Farmyard to woods at SK.201:660, steeply down ‘bank’ E / W then N across The River Lathkill, zig-zag steeply up to  PC at SK.203:664, ~E thru Over Haddon to PH, on path ~E then WNW to Road, & follow Eastward (to North of Noton Barn), continue N on Rd for ~140m (to a road bend), & continue N on FP for about 600m, then path skews ~NNE towards cemeteries, continue NNE & at SK217.677 turn down steeply then pass thru houses, to cross Haddon Rd at SK.220:681, ~N thru Park then ~NNW back to Start.

Leader Liz Savage – 13 on walk – about 13.6 miles long - (unexpected rain storms delayed progress and bus connections)

2 ducks in The River Wye near Bakewell

3 taken downstream from the footbridge over The River Wye

4 Trout?

5 in front of part of the building complex used during Agricultural Shows at Bakewell

9 heading out in The Haddon Hall Direction (Hall not seen on this walk)

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20 one of several glimpses of The River Wye

25 about to cross a footbridge across The River Wye some distance before Haddon Hall

26 downstream from the footbridge

27 upstream from the footbridge
29 tree across the Haddon Hall road
31 walking along Haddon Hall Road
33 sign on road to Congreave which we took for a short distance before turning off on a footpath towards Stanton in Peak
37 on Stantonhall Lane
39 a glimpse off our route of Peak Tor?
40 turning off Stanton Hall Lane towards Stanton in Peak
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56 nearing Stanton in The Peak
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61 Church of England Primary School to our left. Covered outdoor sitting area
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64 disused quarry gradually being overgrown?
71 Weeping Willow house and disused quarry to right
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74 Stanton in The Peak Parish Church (Holy Trinity)
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76 The Flying Childers - FREE HOUSE
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81 going up past the church
83 path towards Nine Ladies Stone Circle
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91 Nine Ladies Stone Circle
93 wooden heart with en-scribed silver plate
94 check on Wikipedia
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100 view outward from plateaux

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103 passed climbing boulder probably called Cork Stone

105 soon to join Birchover Road

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110 Birchover Road

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114 just passed Birchover Stone Ltd we turned in Dungeon Wood

117 In Dungeon Wood

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119 turning off path down into Birchover Village

120 a 'Halloween' bus stop which sheltered us from a heavy rain downpour

121 The Red Lion across the way from the bus stop - PC also nearby

122 Druids Inn - interesting history & walks near this PH

123 The small church next to the path (going down later to the Limestone Way)

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128 Hermits Cave somewhere in the rock massif?

132 fungi growing off tree?

134 we are now sheltering from a second rain downpour & having lunch just off the Limestone Way which goes higher up to pass St Peter's Stone.

135 zoomed in from path to a Stone Circle marked on map at SK.225:826

137 walking toward

139 Harthill Moor Farm

140 seen from road down to North from Harthill Moor Farm

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142 turned from road into woods onto footpath (part of Limestone Way) well North of Harthill Moor Farm and Castle Ring

143 what is the white stuff?

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146 on Limestone Way looking at Hollow Farm and pond fed by Bleakley Dike

147 Youlgreave ahead of us - note church tower

148 a closer view of the dam in picture 146

150 closer to Youlgreave

151 Wesleyan Reform Chapel 1867, being used for service as we passed

152 looking back down a Parish Church in Youlgreave

153 on way to Meadow Place Grange (with farm)

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156 looking across Lathkill Dale (river unseen below) at Upper Haddon with PH white building at right

157 closer to Meadowhall Grange / Farm - yet to cross Lathkill Dale at bushes beyond.

ran out of steam climbing up and down Lathkill Dale - no further photos.

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