Saturday 20 March 2010

Walking from Wheatcroft's Wharf

Last day of the year and the sorting out of walks for a revamp of Teashop Walks in the Peak District continued ...

Parking at the Cromford Wharf car park, which should perhaps be renamed Wheatcrofts Wharf, I walked back onto the road and passed the church nearby. On the right just beyond the church is a fishing temple with the words 'Piscatoribus Sacrum' [sanctuary for fishermen] above the door ...
A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

 What I didn't know is that just over the wall to the left of the temple in the photo are the remains of an earlier fishing chapel ...

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

One of the stones in the wall of the old road bridge here commemorates the leap of one Benjamin Heywood [or is it Hayward ?] on his mare in 1697 ...

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

Walking across the hillside I reached Castle Top Farm and beside that Sunnybank where Ron and Elizabeth live ...

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

 Beyond Sunnybank the path enters Bow Wood.

In the cool air the shadows of the trees cut across the path.

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

 I followed a convoluted course to Cromford Canal and had a coffee at High Peak Junction hoping I might see a water vole but today I wasn't so lucky.

Then it was along the canal back towards Wheatcrofts Wharf ...

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

Wheatcrofts Wharf is now a tearoom and shop run by the Arkwright Society. It's a good place for a stop ...

A walk from Wheatcroft's Wharf ~ 31st December 2009

Date of walk ~ 31st December 2009

Length of walk ~ 3 1/2 miles

Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 130 miles.

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