11th August -- Hartington, Peak District | |||||
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A fine sunny day. All walks were linear from various points on the A523, and headed North up the river Dove (A, B- and C) or the river Manifold (B+). No photos so far from B- or C walks. | |||||
The B+ walk followed the Manifold Way -- not a labyrinthine Buddhist path to enlightenment, but a cycle track along the route of the former Leek and Manifold Valley Light Railway. In its time this railway was, according to the AA "one of England's most picturesque white elephants". | |||||
Preparing for the ascent to.. | |||||
..Thor's cave | |||||
View from the cave | |||||
The entrance | Taking it in | ||||
Back on track | |||||
Lunch | |||||
by the river | at Wetton Mill | ||||
The A walk started near Calton and walked East to the Southern end of Dovedale, then followed the Dove Northwards to Hartington | |||||
St Mary's, Calton | |||||
Beautifully coordinated leg-overs! | |||||
"A" Party People | Busy ahead | ||||
Congestion on the famous | Dovedale stepping stones | ||||
another cave | |||||
Another Dale | |||||
Yet-Another Dale | Walkies? | ||||
Milldale Breather | Nearly_There Dale - | ||||
PicturesqueDale | The Human Heron - in Isaac Walton's (and Charles Cotton's) footsteps | ||||
Around Hartington and in the "Charles Cotton" | |||||
Photos by Phil Cunningham, Diana Young, Colin Jacobs, John Hodgson and Derek Hesketh |