Wednesday 6 March 2013

It's funny what you find in the middle of nowhere ...

How many times have I photographed Burbage Brook as it passes under the bridge near Grindleford Station ? Every time I've passed over it with a camera in my hand I should think. Well, here's another ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 It was going to be a good walk ... I was feeling lucky ...

A walk from Grindleford ...  

I crossed the bridge over the railway line to enter Coppice Wood  ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 Once I reached the River Derwent I did a sharp left turn and walked downstream ...

A walk from Grindleford ...  


A walk from Grindleford ...

I left the wood and entered the fields before Grindleford ... and found a fire extinguisher ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

  At the bridge in Grindleford I stopped to admire the old Peak & Northern footpath sign. Is this really over 100 years old ? It's beautiful ...

A walk from Grindleford ...  

The path behind the Peak & Northern sign led into Horse Hay Coppice ...

A walk from Grindleford ... 

The paved path leads through the woodland ...

A walk from Grindleford ...  

... until you reach a pond ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

... where, as I have mentioned more than once, I once swung across, Tarzan-style, on a rope. There is a photo ... somewhere.

The paved path continued ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 ... beyond the trees there are two or three fields before you pick up the northern end of Spooner Lane with its paved path ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 By the time you reach the southern end of the lane there is a tarmac surface and some typical Derbyshire cottages ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

A couple of hundred yards later there's a distant view of Stoke Hall [built for the Reverend John Simpson] across the Derwent ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

   There's more about the hall here.

A testing walk up Moorlands Lane brings you back into the woodland ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 Woodland that was given by Lady Riverdale in memory of her parents, Charles and Josephine Bingham ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 The path proceeds through the middle of the wood, across the hillside ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

  A walk from Grindleford ... 

 It's called Horse Hay Coppice and lo and behold someone had been coppicing ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 I walked towards the edge of the wood ...

A walk from Grindleford ...

 ... before walking along Tedgness Road back to the car.

This walk was followed on the 21st March 2011
 
Length of walk ~ 5.06 miles *
 
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 74.72 miles
 
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 21st March 2011 ~ 602.77 miles
 
18 of 2011
 
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap

29 comments:

  1. What a well laid path,some of it looks quite old.The sign is great I'm surprised it has lasted so long.As for the extinguisher the mind boggles. I must keep this walk in mind looks like one we would enjoy.Ann

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  2. The path from Hathersage to Grindleford beside the river is lovely Ann though I prefer the woodland stretch from Grindleford down to Froggatt. You'll then have to choose which path you follow higher up the hill to get back. You can of course shorten it by making it a walk between Grindleford and Froggatt. There are a number of possibilities.

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  3. Excellent walk and photographs, Charlie. I wonder how you would be able to read anything on the back of that first sign?

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    1. There are usually printed byelaws visible Pet. They're in small print but they're there.

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  4. You've inspired me to get up to beautiful Derbyshire and explore the land of my Wildgoose forefathers Charlie. Thank you. Tanya x

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    1. I hope you enjoy it Tanya ... and if you see me, say hello.

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  5. A very nice walk Charlie, I really enjoyed it. Except for the fire extinguisher. Who on earth leaves one of those lying around like that?

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    1. Glad you enjoyed it Mitch. Not sure where the fire extinguisher came from ~ one of the weirder discoveries I have made in this country of ours.

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  6. Stoke Hall would make a great setting for a murder mystery. Now I am off to look up coppicing. It is not a word I have heard before. I thought a copse was a thicket, but coppicing?

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    1. Let me know if you don't find out what coppicing is ...

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  7. Catching up again. This looks like a well-used path. Lovely scenery as usual.

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    1. It's a very popular area. I need to catch up too ...

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