7 of us met at Baslow village car park to traverse the eastern edges. It was cool and cloudy and we set off at a decent pace up the Bar Road it was much brighter as we arrived at the Curbar gap. Thank goodness for messaging and whatsapp, our prospective member was attempting to catch up we had an extended break at Curbar gap. From here we became 8 and our merry band continued along the edges until we arrived at the Froggatt edge stone circle. This is a double ring stone circle probably dating to the bronze age, a mini henge in the Peak district. We continued past the Grouse inn and headed up to the start of White Edge behind the shelter of the wall and enjoyed lunch. The sky was getting a bit darker and as forecast there were a couple of rather pleasant April showers. On to White edge trig and we passed by the 4000 year old hut circle where people lived and farmed. Our route took us along the top of Gardoms edge, not far from Apple buttress we took a detour and turned left through a hole in the drystone wall to a curious pointy rock with curious grooves at its apex. This ancient sundial points roughly towards another feature the rock carved with cup and ring markings. Amazing evidence of counting in base 10 there was much discussion here.
We wandered back towards Dobb edge and down through the Chatsworth estate in pleasant sunshine. Thanks everyone for a great day out. Mike Griffiths
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