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2023.03.01 Wednesday - Start Grindleford Station but at corner of Cafe SK.251:788 then SE up tarred FP to & across B6521 Road up to junct in FPs at SK.253:786 and turn SW for about 50m then S for about 30m, turn E then gradually S up to to Tumbling Hill at SK.254:781 (tea break), ~SE then S passing Parking Area (on West side), ~S crossing brook then SW up to the A625 Rd SK.255:776, ~SE on road for a short distance the then V turn up onto FP - NW on FP turning ~SSW along start of Froggatt Edge, after ~.09km inspect Stone Circle then continue joining & following Curbar Edge ~SW/SSE (for best views follow informal paths closer to edge rather than track which is away from Edges - but exercise care), short of the road between Curbar and Baslow Edges  turn ~E thru the Parking Area then NE alongside Fields and over Sandyford Brook  and up to cross White Edge (near its East end), ~NNE thru Big Moor thru a Field system heading to & along Bar Brook (on its West side) to a small un-named dam at SK.255:776 (lunch break), cross Bar Brook over bridge at North of small dam and follow track ~NNE past buildings just to the East side (SK.282:771) of the Breached Reservoir Embankment / spillway, follow path ~NNW / W / N (part only along Bar Brook) up to B6054 Road, access thru Dry Stone Wall at SK.277:786 not passable, followed road NW for 200m and U turned back to cross road at foregoing intended point, NE then ~N up to Moss Road (on Sheffield Country Walk,  ~W (passing to South of Rail tunnel airshaft) then continue to then cross 'V' Road Junction A6187 at SK.268:795, continue W then S (down stone steps) to SK.669:794, W on unmarked grass path for 600m, then S on sandy FP for 200m, ~NW crossing un-named brook to short of houses at SK.256:795 turning SW to reach B5621 Road and SW along it for 50m before crossing Road W into woods, FP SW down then short distance N to / across bridge over Burbage Brook at SK.252:792, then NNE up steep bank, V turn SW on top of bank, then turn S on tarred road towards station & Cafe. ENE to cross Burbage Brook then S over rail-bridge to Cafe. (Apologies if I (A C A) have got this wrong).

 Leader Chris Morton - 11 in party - distance about 10miles
1) walk briefing outside Grindleford Station's cafe has ended
2) still steeply up after crossing the B5261 Road well above the Station
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6) climbing up towards Tumbling Hill
7) To the right of The Transmission Tower, Sir William Hill Road runs down towards Grindleford
10) another party ahead of us on Tumbling Hill
11Winhill Pike in Middle? with Bamford Edge in from right? Laydybower Reservoir lies between them? some Hathersage Houses also visible?
12 Higger Tor in from right with Carl Wark 'Fort' below it? Millstone Edge to left with Over Owler Tor just left of middle at top.
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14 time for a tea break
19 part of Tumbling Hill
23 White Edge at top - zoomed into small farm in fields behind Froggatt Edge
25 away from Tumbling Edge
27 crossing un-named stream well after the Parking Area, but before the A625 Road
29 as above
31 now on Froggatt Edge
34 un - named stream about 250m before Stone Circle
36 the biggest stone still standing in this 'Stone Circle'
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40 Stoke Hall - see clearer picture 87 of this Hall taken closer to it on walk 2023.01.08
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52 Calver Mill below to the left - see picture 63 which shows the dam impounded by a weir on The River Derwent. A 'goit' leads from this dam to this mill
53 part of White Edge behind
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60 Baslow Edge in centre seen from Curbar Edge
61 on Curbar Edge
63 zoomed into 'New Bridge' across The River Derwent  from Curbar Edge. The Dam in front feeds the goit going to Calver Mill. The road to left leads to Calver Sough
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68 the road passing between Curbar and baslow Edges
72 a marker on the path to the small un-named dam on Bar Brook
73 Trees hide the small dam as we approach it. In the distance at top about a quarter in from the left is the breached reservoir
74 a marker stone not shown on the map dated 1774
77 eccentric spelling of Sheffield?
81 The small dam photographed from it's embankment side
82 little wild life - usually there were many ducks on this pond
83 the overflow from the dam into Bar Brook
87 a party coming from the 'breached' Reservoir
89 packing up after a lunch break
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97 crossing the small bridge to the north of the small dam
98 the breached reservoir seen ahead of us from the access track
101 Now roughly level with the breached embankment. The paved spillway is seen between the embankment and a guiding wall (top seen here)
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106 a day fortunately with less of the forecast rain
107 A ventilation shaft on the Totley Railway Tunnel near 'Moss Road' and part of Sheffield Country Walk
109 looks like Mam Tor on top left sloping down to Hollins Cross. With The Vale of Edale hidden behind and Kinder in the distance
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