Hope and Edale End

I travelled to Hope and headed north, keeping to the east of the river Noe until I reached Edale End and then returned using footpaths west of the river. The weather was lovely for the first hour but it soon clouded over and ended up quite chilly.

Foolow, Eyam, and Stoney Middleton

I caught the bus from Sheffield to Foolow and then headed south down the road towards the hamlet of Housley and joined the track to Eyam known as Tideswell Lane.

I only just entered Eyam at its western extremity but then headed south again down to the road in Middleton Dale. On the Ordnance Survey map it's shown as a single path going down through the old quarry workings but there are actually several paths branching off in all directions. The route I chose was difficult, steep steps, loose boulders and overgrown in places...maybe they were all just as bad though. 

I expected only needing to cross the road and then head up the quarry road on the other side but I came out further to the east and had to walk along this busy road for a few hundred yars until I reached a bridleway going up to the road that passes through Cavendish Mill.

I walked down this road to Stoney Middleton, as I entered the village the road got very steep, I think it's one of the steepest in Derbyshire, certainly one of the steepest streets in a village.

Bakewell and Over Haddon

I started my walk at Bakewell and headed up to Over Haddon, it's a steady climb up a bridleway and then along a short stretch of road until reaching a footpath going across the fields. 

I walked through the village and then headed northwest across more fields. After about a mile and a half the footpath reached the Bakewell to Monyash road and I took this route back to Bakewell.

It's been cloudy and not a very good day for photography...and uncomfortably chilly at times.

Tickhill to Edlington

A quick walk this morning before the forecast rain came. I travelled on the Worksop bus to Tickhill and made my way along the back lanes towards Wilsic. I then walked through the woods, turning off before reaching Wadworth. I arrived at Old Edlington and walked down the hill to catch the bus from the first stop in the village, which all the routes going back to Doncaster use.

There was a lot of rubbish tipped along one of the country roads, this wasn't the only pile.

Much further on, at Old Edlington, everything looked perfect in the sunshine.

Longshaw Estate

I didn't fancy doing a lot of walking today in the hot sunshine, especially across open moorland and so I travelled to the Longshaw Estate, just over the boundary in Derbyshire. It's high up on the moors but there's plenty of woodland to provide some shade. I didn't have a planned route, I didn't even look at my map; I know the area well but was still hoping to find some places new to me...and I was successful.

I was able to treat myself to a small tub of Sicilian lemon ice cream from the cafe at the Information Centre on my way back to the bus-stop at Fox House.

Spofforth Castle, Knaresborough Riverside, and Wetherby

Another day out with Siobhan, my support worker, spent mainly sitting down drinking cool drinks and eating ice cream. 

En route to Knaresborough we stopped at Spofforth so I could spend a few minutes exploring the castle ruins.

When we reached Knaresborough we stayed mainly in the Riverside area at the bottom of the gorge. When we visited the town last year we just looked around the shops, staying in the the town centre. I subsequently found out that Siobhan hadn't previously been down by the river so I'm hoping today has been somewhat of a pleasant surprise for her - I certainly think the area is lovely on a hot sunny day.

Siobhan stayed in one of the tearooms down by the river as I climbed up to the castle to take some photos.

We stopped at Wetherby on the way home and went for a short walk down by the river and spent much more time sitting in a nearby shady picnic area. I've only included one image taken at Wetherby because there were a lot of children playing in the water.