walking

As the weather was not great, rather than walk in the hills we thought we would go to Bakewell and follow a short section of a walk Diana had sent me. She had watched a television program where Tony Robinson had been walking in the Peak District and exploring the history of the area. Diana had sent me a PDF, she had got from the show website – so we had a plan.

First stop was Bakewell.

We fled from the tourists and walked up to All Saints Church – where we had an excellent tea and home made cake. (Well Richard had coffee!)

Ratatosk – from the Anglo-Saxon Cross in the churchyard.

Then we moved onto Ashford-in-the-Water – where like Branston there is a Sheepwash.

Sheepwash Bridge

Following lunch by the river we walked up to the Magpie Mine – but using mainly footpaths rather than the suggested road route.

Magpie Mine

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Back at the campsite the evening was nice enough to cook and eat outside.