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2022.11.30 Wednesday - Baslow Nether End - bus stop / PC - SK.258:722, ~W on the A619 Rd to roundabout, NW then W past the Church, WSW across Bridge over River Derwent at SK251:724, NNW on Bubnell Road along river passing Bubnell Hall, turning ~N thru Townend Wood turning ~NW / N up to Bramley Farm, leave road and take FP up 'ramp' then N then NNW to unseen Reser (dis), NNW steeply down slippery path thru woods, then into Calver, at SK.240:745 turn WSW down High Street and cross Hassop Rd at SK.238:745, up SSW for ~400m then SW for ~800m to (extension of) Bramley Lane at SK231:736, W (slightly S) thru dis' Workings then SW to Beacon Rod then W slightly S in OAL to SK.215:731, ~SSW toward Top Farm then ~E on Access Road for ~100m thru Rowland then SE / SSE to join Longreave Lane and 600m ~E along it to Hassop (lunch break), ~SSW on Hassop Rd (B6001) for ~150m and cross rd & turn S thru Home Farm, path turns ~E thru Woods then SSE along the edge of woods to meet the A619 Rd at SK.235:714, ~West on Rd for ~50m then cross road at marked FP ~S but turning ~E, after ~250m turn steeply up ~SSE (alternately follow more gradual path ~E then S meeting 'steep' route at top), ~50m ~S then turn ~E joining road thru Pilsley for about 240m to Rd Fork, and take SSE branch to the B6048 Road & follow it ~SW for ~ 330m & turn off ~S down Handley Lane passing well above Handley Bottom Farm and the edge of Paddocks Plantation, road turns ~WSW and at SK.235:697 'V - turn' off road E downwards on very rough vehicle track passing Edensor Forest Nursery then turning ENE thru Edensor (we stopped near Church at restaurant / cafe for tea), crossed B6012 rd at entrance and followed FP - E then NE to cross the Road Bridge across The River Derwent at SK.257:702 (which goes to parking areas for Chatsworth House), but we turned directly ~N following the Derwent Valley Heritage Way then NNE along Park Side then NW back to Baslow Nether End.

Leader - Liz Savage - 18 on walk - about 11.5 miles (no rain some misty bits) - see note added to pictures 155 & 156

1 Leader briefs walkers

3 Baslow Nether End

6 St Anne's Parish Church (Baslow)

7 Church clocks dated 1769

8 bridge over The River Derwent near the Church. This is still used by local vehicles

9 looking at The River Derwent downstream from the bridge

10 looking upstream - the weir provided waterpower for some mill but details not known

11 looking back at the bridge we crossed with the church behind

18 on Bubnell Road

19 a misty view - Curbar 'Gap' unseen at top


27 just past Bramley Farm - have left road and are going up footpath 'ramp'

28 Looking back at Bramley Farm

33 heading to woods above and before Calver

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40 steep slippery descent - walking poles useful here

44 Calver ahead of us

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57 still walking towards Calver

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64 The Calver 'World Cup' takes place here!

66 Have now passed through Calver, crossed Hassop Road and are now climbing on our way past various old mining works then down to Rowland

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72 a morning tea break

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88 Rowland seen below us

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98 a short distance on Rowland's access road then on a Footpath through fields as we head towards Hassop

100 fields have new growth - a winter wheat crop?

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102 looking back at Rowland

105 Now on Longreave Lane Heading towards Hassop. Generally single file on the right but at 'blind corners' we change sides

106 here we are on the right on an open bend

107 All Saints Catholic Church at Hassop

109 the strife in past centuries between Catholics and Protestants is referred to

110 Lunch break at Hassop

112 an interesting 'hedge sculpture' on the entrance road to the hotel (easily missed if you don't look in the gate)

113 House on Hassop Road

114 The group on Footpath through Home Farm


116 not too sure what this 'plant' does - is it specifically for farming?

117 heading towards Pilsley

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134 have now reached the A619 Road which is crossed on the way up to Pilsley

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137 looking back before turning into Pilsley

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140 just before turning into Pilsley

142 houses in Pilsley

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146 Is this part of the Primary School?

147 turning off the B6048 onto Handley Lane (a tarred road)

148 Handley Bottom Farm far below the Lane above. Redway Farm in the distance behind

148 a closer view of the farm

151 Zoomed in view of Redway Farm

155 not sure what this is - see enlargement below (and note added at end)

156 These are Companion Stones - thanks to Simon Gray for this information. The ones above are apparently at Ball Cross - see web link

http://www.companionstones.org.uk/home/map1.htm for further information

"For the other Rode

Go inwards

By cranesbill and leaf star

Clear the stream"

We, on walks, have seen two at Longshaw (one just inside the estate at the drive by the old gate house) and one we sometimes pass on Barbrook along the track from Ramsley Moor to the drained Reservoir, (and probably others have been photographed elsewhere).