Thursday Walk 21st August

[Peter Hammond]

Park by Taddington School – OL map 24
Grid Ref:- 138 712
Route:- Long Lane, River Wye, Chee Dale,
Blackwell, Sough Top.
Usual start at 11am. 2 minutes silence at 1pm to remember Charles Knowles.
See you there.
Pete

[Peter Hammond]

Walk Report
Six of us set off from Taddington School descending
down Long Lane Track. At the bottom we crossed the
B6049 taking the path down to the Monsal Trail.
It was then down again to the River Wye where we
turned west along Chee Dale.
We noticed climbers on both sides of the river
some doing the hard bolted routes on the north side.
We also spotted dippers and trout in the river. A lack
of water meant a very dry route across the two sets
of stepping stones as can be seen in the pics posted on
the WhatsApp group page. Also of note was the very
polished limestone steps on the two path descents.
It would have been somewhat lethal had they been wet!
To coincide with Charles Knowles funeral at 1pm we had a two minutes silence in his memory on a bridge over the Monsal trail just up from the bike store/cafe near
Mosley Farm.
We then had lunch just above the bridge taking advantage of a good supply of blackberries.
It was then up the Pennine bridle way to Blackwell and
back over the A6 before taking tracks/paths to Sough
Top (another Ethel?). Great views were had before the
descent back to Taddington.
Just under 8 miles and 981 feet of ascent.
Thanks to the 5 that joined me.
Pete
Pete’s pics

Teri’s pic

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