No ... not me, though you might have thought it was according to a comment elsewhere from 'Anonymous' who said I should make it more personal ...
Now, where was I ... ah, yes, Hassop Station on the Monsal Trail. Again I was on mi tod, Natasha having stayed at home.
I went out to do another walk for the revamp of Teashop Walks in the Peak District.
The first part was along the Trail towards Great Longstone. I say 'along' it was more a case of walking at the side of the trail, where the dog muck was ...
I nearly got as far as Great Longstone but swung back along the road towards Hassop Station and Toll Bar House. I passed Rowdale House ...
Just beyond Cracknowl Wood is Cracknowl House. There's no drive to it but it seems to be lived in. It's a strange place ...
In the field wall next to Cracknowl House there's a metal kissing gate with an interesting weight to keep the swing gate shut.
I reached the bridleway that leads into Bakewell. The slope running down to Holme Hall is fun ... basically a sheet of ice. Holme Hall looked good though ...
I wonder who lives in a house like that ?
Just beyond Holme Hall is Holme Bridge, a 17th century packhorse bridge leading towards the A6.
Walking alongside the A6 I passed Victoria Mill before following the stream at Brookside.
Down at Bakewell Bridge, astride the Wye, I watched the wildfowl being fed. It had started to rain by this time and a drop of water must have got into my dictating device as it just stopped recording or playing back. It has since recovered.
After walking up to Bakewell Station I turned left to follow the Monsal Trail back to Hassop, passing under the road between Bakewell and Hassop as I went.
The sky actually seemed a bit bluer as I got nearer to Hassop Station.
Since then the Country Bookstore and the tearoom has closed ~ just as I was about to use it in my revamped teashop walks book.
Date of walk ~ 27th December 2009
Length of walk ~ 4 1/4 miles
Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 112 1/2 miles
Just beyond Cracknowl Wood is Cracknowl House. There's no drive to it but it seems to be lived in. It's a strange place ...
In the field wall next to Cracknowl House there's a metal kissing gate with an interesting weight to keep the swing gate shut.
I reached the bridleway that leads into Bakewell. The slope running down to Holme Hall is fun ... basically a sheet of ice. Holme Hall looked good though ...
I wonder who lives in a house like that ?
Just beyond Holme Hall is Holme Bridge, a 17th century packhorse bridge leading towards the A6.
Walking alongside the A6 I passed Victoria Mill before following the stream at Brookside.
Down at Bakewell Bridge, astride the Wye, I watched the wildfowl being fed. It had started to rain by this time and a drop of water must have got into my dictating device as it just stopped recording or playing back. It has since recovered.
After walking up to Bakewell Station I turned left to follow the Monsal Trail back to Hassop, passing under the road between Bakewell and Hassop as I went.
The sky actually seemed a bit bluer as I got nearer to Hassop Station.
Since then the Country Bookstore and the tearoom has closed ~ just as I was about to use it in my revamped teashop walks book.
Date of walk ~ 27th December 2009
Length of walk ~ 4 1/4 miles
Total since 1st September 2009 ~ 112 1/2 miles
Hi
ReplyDeleteThe tearoom at Hassop Station will be reopening soon.
keep an eye out for hassopstation.co.uk as the website and email will be set up soon
Thank you for letting me know. I hope things will go well.
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