2025-june

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Monday – Miller’s Dale Tuesday – Dovedale Wednesday – Derwent Edge Read more

We’d packed everything back into car by 10am, did a little bit of shopping, then headed up to Bolsterstone near Sheffield. We walked down to the reservoir, also very low following the dry winter & spring. Through the woods along the far side, and up to the Hall (rems of), where we found a sheltered Read more

Slightly less sunny, slightly more breezy, chance of rain from 4pm. We parked in Edale, and took the route up Grindsbrook Clough, passing several Geography field trip groups on the way. We turned west along the rim of the plateau, again passing many wind-blown rocks. They were noticeably different from yesterday’s layer cakes, but just Read more

Today will be sunny, and far less windy! We drove to the top of Ladybower Reservoir, parking almost under Derwent dam itself, and strolled north along the edge of Derwent reservoir. The water levels are very low, maybe 5m down, following the dry spring. We turned away and up the hill… And up, and up… Read more

The forecast was dry but VERY windy, so we decided to stay low rather than risk being blown off the high peaks. So we parked in Hartington, and walked down the river Dove (in the footsteps of Izaak Walton & his fishing bro Charles Cotton). We passed a GCSE Geography field trip, measuring the river Read more

We loaded up the car and left York pretty much at 10am, and got to the pub very soon after 12.  Standard pub lunch (burger, scampi) fuelled us for an afternoon in the fresh air. We headed west along the Monsal Trail (a disused railway line), past various pieces of industrial architecture. Soon we turned Read more