Windmill, Great Hucklow, Bretton, Eyam Moor, and Hathersage

I'm now convinced that I've walked along every footpath I can easily reach in the Peak District in both directions and so I'm starting to plan walks covering stretches of road I've not walked along.

Today I caught the 257 bus to the hamlet of Windmill; the bus stop where I got off is very uneven and overgrown - I had to leap into a clump of brambles and nettles.

I immediately walked down the path to Great Hucklow which runs parallel to, and only a few yards from the road.

I continued on through the village, taking the road to Bretton; it's blocked because of a landslip but the locals don't seem to be concerned as it looks like they've re-opened it themselves.

About a mile beyond Bretton the tarmec road turns down to Eyam but my route went straight ahead using a 'byway open to all traffic.' I only stayed with this for a few hundred yards before going onto the open access land of Eyam Moor...it was rather windy and chilly standing next to the trig point.

As I was coming down off the moor into Bretton Clough I noticed a mark on a rock which is laid flat and used as part of the footpath; it looked like an Ordnance Survey benchmark to me - I thought they were only placed on buildings though. If it is an official benchmark it's certainly the first one I've stood on.

I walked along the bottom of Bretton Clough to Hazelton Hall and then the road to Hathersage - I had an hour to wait for the bus back to Sheffield.

A Circular Walk From Woodseats

I'm still recovering from a virus I had earlier in the week and I didn't want to be stuck in the middle of the Peak District and feeling a bit unconfortable or even unwell and so I limited myself to the periphery of Sheffield for my walk today, always being quite close to a bus stop, or even tram stop. I caught the Matlock bus to Woodseats and made my way into Graves Park; the entrance I used is literally just across the road from the shops. It's a large park and I did a bit of exploring before exiting at Norton church before making my way over to Bochum Parkway.

There was a long queue at the Rose Garden Cafe, so I didn't bother...and I didn't take any photgraphs because of the scaffolding.

I had to be careful in finding the only path that actually crosses the busy dual carriageway over into Derbyshire. I did a short walk of a couple of miles in this area of quite pleasant countryside before returning to the built up area planning to catch the tram to the railway station at Herdings Park or somewhere along the route. I got lost in one of the housing estates and ended up walking all the way back to Woodseats, just a few hundred yards from where I'd started.

Baslow, Chatsworth Park, Edensor, and Bakewell

One of the regular walks I do in the Peak District, although I've not done the second half of the route for several years now. I caught the bus to Baslow Nether End, walked through Chatsworth Park to Edensor and then continued across Calton Pastures to Bakewell. 

It was a good day for walking, cool and fresh...but not a good day for photography, being rather murky.

Bedale, Snape, Masham, and West Tanfield

I don't usually have a day out with my support worker on a Tuesday, so I've taken advantage of the situation by visiting a different town when it's market day today. That town is Bedale, a small but pleasant town. We had ninety minutes to explore before we popped in to a pub for lunch.

 

After lunch we drove about three miles south to Snape to see the fortified manor house and the private chapel of Katherine Parr, one of the wives of Henry VIII.

We continued on to Masham it's either the smallest town in Yorkshire, or maybe even the whole of England.

We completed our day at West Tanfield, a very pretty village. We had drinks in the pub garden at The Bull Inn, awarded the distinction of having the best riverside beer garden in Yorkshire.

I then went to take some photographs of the church and the Marmion Tower; I was able to climb up to the first floor of the tower, the second floor was blocked off though.