A circular walk out to the west of Castleton today. I headed for the broken road at the foot of Mam Tor and then turned to the south and looped round back to the village via Dirtlow Rake.
There were some impressive Halloween decorations in the village.
I had ten minutes to wait for my bus back to Sheffield; there have been some improvements made at Castleton Bus Station, extra seating and an electronic destination board.
For the first half a mile I did the same route as last week's walk; there weren't any Highland cattle near the path today but I could see them out on the moor.
Instead of continuing down to Baslow I took a path on the right heading north to Curbar.
I'd barely reached the first houses in Curbar and then took the low level path which headed back south to Baslow Nether End. The bus was fifteen minutes late but it worked to my advantage, I'd just walked out of the toilets and crossed the road, and it turned up.
I caught the Bakewell bus to Curbar Crossroads and walked down to Baslow, passing the Wellington Monument...and a lot of Highland cattle. The only close by cow that I didn't attempt to photograph wasn't happy and so headbutted me on my backside.
When I reached Baslow Nether End there was a crowd gathering outside the cafe; it's under new ownership and I think they were giving away free hot drinks.
I planned to walk further, maybe to Bakewell, but I finished the walk at the bus stop for Edensor because I felt a slight twinge in the back of my left knee; I didn't want to suffer another long-term injury.
I should have been walking in the Peak District today but I forgot to charge my mobile phone last night and so won't be going, I'm not going to be walking across the moors on only a 31% charge. The weather forecast for tomorrow is nearly as good so I'll try again then.
When I was in the car with my support worker driving through Sheffield on Tuesday on our way back from Buxton I noticed there were signs mentioning road closures this weekend because of a roadrace so I've decided not to go to the Peak District. I stayed fairly local instead, catching the X20 Barnsley bus to Wombwell.
I explored the town centre area for a minutes before setting off up Hough Lane and turning right just before the railway station. I navigated my way through Wombwell Wood and over to Blacker Hill.
I headed north out of the village looking for a path going off to the left. When I found it, it was blocked; totally overgrown wirh brambles.
I had to continue for several minutes until I found another path going in the right direction, across a lanscaped colliery site to Worsbrough where I visited the mill and the country park.
I didn't have long to wait for a bus travelling into Barnsley, and did a bit of shopping so I could time it so that I didn't have long to wait for my bus home to Doncaster either.
