Monday 15 April 2013

The Cundy Graves ...

Park at Calver in front of Curbar Primary School and there are a number of walks available to you. This one leads you to the Cundy Graves.

Cross the River Derwent with Calver Mill on your right before taking the riverside path to pass under the main road, the A623. A short distance later and you're heading out into the countryside ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver
 
Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

The path stays beside the river for two hundred yards or so ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver  


Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

The path leaves the river on the edge of St. Mary's Wood ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

 The path becomes a quiet lane and leads towards Bubnell where the aubrieta hangs from a garden wall ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

On the other side of the River Derwent from Bubnell is Baslow with St. Anne's Church standing beside the river ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

Parts of the church, mainly the tower and spire, are 13th century ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

Follow Bar Road as it climbs steeply in a north-easterly direction out of Baslow ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

By Lady Wall Well take the bridleway northwards but cast your eye half-left towards Bramley Wood on the horizon. On the Chatsworth land there [I assume it's Chatsworth land] is an 'E' and an 'R' [Elizabeth Regina] made out of trees ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

 Type 'Bramley Ln Derbyshire DE45' into Google Maps and zoom in on the pair of oblong plantations that should be visible ... you'll get a better image than the one above !

In the next picture as we walk up the bridleway you can just see the 'R' below the horizon to the left ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver

The bridleway rises steadily towards Baslow Edge ...

Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver


Calver ~ Bubnell ~ Baslow ~ Calver
  This walk was followed on the 10th April 2011
 
Length of walk ~ 4.39 miles *
 
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 105.82 miles
 
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 8th April 2011 ~ 633.87 miles

  24 of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was averaging just under 4.41 miles a walk.]
 
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap

9 comments:

  1. What a fascinating walk,so much history in such beautiful countryside. I love the celandine wood.The Cundy graves are very poignant it seems so sad they are in unconsecrated ground.Will try and keep in touch but going to Tuscany tomorrow for a week.Take care Charlie.Ann

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    1. I hope you have a good holiday Ann ... and will look forward to you getting back.

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  2. This is a factor wow walk... so beautiful and interesting to tag along, great pictures :)

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    1. Thank you Diane ~ it's the graves that I find most poignant. I'm reading Geraldine Brooks's Year of Wonders at present ~ the story of Anna, a maid in 17th century Eyam [the Plague Village]. I'm really enjoying it.

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    2. There's more about the book at http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4965.Year_of_Wonders !

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  3. Lovely walk. I can see why you would want to keep going on such a day ... to see what you might see!

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    1. I had been a time or two before and missed the graves ... in fact I'm not sure I could find them if I went back again today.

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