Monday 29 July 2013

Homeward bound from home ...

Many people [dog walkers in particular] walk up through a private wood to get onto Darley Hillside ... 

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 Head north along the lane at the top of the wood and you will reach Lumb Lane with a bit of luck. Fork right up this to reach a bridleway on your left ...


Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley  

A few years ago the bridleway bridge was badly damaged by a flash fllod but it has since been repaired and made safer in the event of another flood ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

You can see in the next photo that some holes have been left in the stone bridge so that if the stream below floods onto it the water can flow away more quickly.

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley   

We'd gone looking for bluebells and as we entered North Wood [between Northwood and Tinkersley] there were certainly plenty to be seen ...

 Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley  

Sometimes though photos of bluebells can be disappointing ... sometimes you have to be there ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 As we walked into the hamlet of Tinkersley, assuming a handful of houses and farmhouses is a hamlet, we got a great view of Peak Tor, Rowsley ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley  

Peak Tor is the 'bump' of trees in the photo above. There are some old earthworks around the other side of this hillock. I thought they would be a couple of thousand years old, possibly more, but I've seen a report in which the Peak Park refers to the earthworks dating  from the "Anglo-Danish period".

A footpath leaves Tinkersley towards Copy Wood and Rowsley ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

There's a strangely shaped tree in the wood which always catches my eye.

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 From the small private golf course in someone's garden we got another view of Peak Tor ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 Once we'd crossed the A6 we soon picked up the Derwent Valley Heritage Way to walk through Rowsley Sidings.

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 This isn't a public footpath though it is part of a long distance route !

The path eventually runs alongside the River Derwent which you can see on the right below. The wild garlic was out when these photographs were taken.

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley
  
Beyond Peak Rail's Rowsley Station the path opens out as it passes through meadows towards Churchtown, Darley Dale. The Toothbrush, a narrow strip of trees atop Masson Hill can be seen on the horizon.

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 A litle further on one tree was strangekly leafless ...

Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley

 Once we'd reached Churchtown we continued between the Whitworth Park and Peak Rail's railway line ...

 Darley Dale ~ Tinkersley ~ Rowsley 

... before heading home.
 
This walk was followed on the 2nd May 2011
 
Length of walk ~ 6.31 miles *
 
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 166.80 miles
 
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 1st May 2011 ~ 688.54 miles

  38 of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was averaging approximately 4.38 miles a walk.]
 
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap

8 comments:

  1. A lovely verdant walk, Charlie!! As I've mentioned before, I love walking through forest or woodland, so this would be an ideal walk for me.

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  2. That looks a nice gentle walk, a bluebell wood is one of my favourites.The strange tree looks very surreal with the light behind it.Ann

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    1. The tree in Copy Wood does look rather strange but ... it always does. Glad you enjoyed this Ann.

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  3. What a glorious walk through the woods - lovely atmospheric photographs as well. Spring is a lovely time of year.

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    1. I'm not quite sure why we walked from home that particular day Alison. Possibly because we tend to drive further afield ...

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  4. It is not how far you walk but all the diversity your special eye finds. I hear you about the bluebells not being as significant on pictures as in real life. The strangely shaped tree looks like a welcoming old woman to me...it has a female essence. Fanciful aren't I?

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    1. A one or two mile walk would do wonders for me right now Karyn. As for the tree we see a pentagram ... though I can see what you mean as regards a welcoming old woman. There's something rather pagan to me about it ... growing in the dark wood.

      Fanciful is good !

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