The newly opened tunnels on the Monsal Trail were the main reason for heading up into the Peak District in May 2011. After parking at Monsal Head we walked down the lane towards Little Longstone Congregational Chapel ...
and the village itself ...
Just beyond the Packhorse we took the path across the fields towards the Monsal Trail ...
The signs on the Trail had been upgraded.
We turned right along the Trail and headed towards the first tunnel ...
... passing under a bridge linking the fields on either side of the cutting ...
The cutting was soon below ground level ...
... and we were walking into Headstone Tunnel ...
After a few hundred yards we came out into the bright daylight below the Monsal Head ...
This is an area that has its admirers ...
We followed the Trail north-westwards ...
Away to our right there was an excellent view of Cressbrook Mill ...
We entered Cressbrook Tunnel ...
On leaving Cressbrook Tunnel we caught a glimpse of the River Wye below ...
We entered our third tunnel of the day, Litton Tunnel ...
Before many minutes had passed we came out into the daylight above Litton Mill ...
We left the Trail and descended the path towards Litton Mill ...
The butterbur was looking very healthy ...
I noticed a floating apostrophe on a blue sign that perhaps I ought to bring to the attention of the Apostrophe Protection Society ...
Beyond Litton Mill we followed the path beside the River Wye ...
Just beyond the Packhorse we took the path across the fields towards the Monsal Trail ...
The signs on the Trail had been upgraded.
We turned right along the Trail and headed towards the first tunnel ...
... passing under a bridge linking the fields on either side of the cutting ...
The cutting was soon below ground level ...
... and we were walking into Headstone Tunnel ...
After a few hundred yards we came out into the bright daylight below the Monsal Head ...
This is an area that has its admirers ...
We followed the Trail north-westwards ...
Away to our right there was an excellent view of Cressbrook Mill ...
We entered Cressbrook Tunnel ...
On leaving Cressbrook Tunnel we caught a glimpse of the River Wye below ...
We entered our third tunnel of the day, Litton Tunnel ...
Before many minutes had passed we came out into the daylight above Litton Mill ...
We left the Trail and descended the path towards Litton Mill ...
The butterbur was looking very healthy ...
I noticed a floating apostrophe on a blue sign that perhaps I ought to bring to the attention of the Apostrophe Protection Society ...
Beyond Litton Mill we followed the path beside the River Wye ...
We were soon back on the Monsal Trail, passing over the River Wye a long way below ...
We followed the path rising from the Trail to Monsal Head itself ...
As the path rose out of the valley there's a good view of the viaduct below ...
The whole area was a very healthy green ...
For the last few yards of the walk the footpath passed through sweet cicely on both sides of the right of way ...
This walk was followed on the 15th May 2011
Length of walk ~ 5.95 miles *
Total mileage walked so far in 2011 ~ 185.95 miles
Total mileage between the 1st September 2009 and the 15th May 2011 ~ 707.69 miles
41 of 2011 [which means in 2011 I was averaging just over 4.5 miles a walk.]
* distance calculated on Ordnance Survey's Getamap
