Peak Walks A to Z
Ann & Jan’s weekly Peakland walks through the alphabet
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Today we start by catching the 81 to Dore. Dore is the southern terminus of the bus route and we get off at the last stop which is opposite the Co-op. We walk back along Devonshire Terrace Road, past the garage on the corner and take a right along Church Lane where we soon pass…
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This week, whilst we felt relieved to have successfully survived the scarcities of I, J and K, we were now faced with a positive glut of Ls to choose from…. and so, we got greedy and chose lots of them! Little Longstone had to be a priority as it’s already a two-for-the-price-of-one opportunity and not…
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Today’s walk starts from the small hamlet of Kelstedge which lies on the A632 Chesterfield to Matlock Road, and is part of the parish of Ashover. Since the X17 stops here on its way between Barnsley and Wirksworth we thought it would make for a handy “K” walk. It’s fair to say that “K” has…
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Finding an “I” for last week’s walk was a challenge but today’s “J” was a no-brainer. It had to be Jacob’s Ladder because, apart from Johnnygate, ( which would have been almost duplicating where we were last week) there just wasn’t an alternative. Walking down to Sheffield station in the rain, someone(?) tentatively suggested we…
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“Where?” I hear you say…. Read on for the latest in our alphabet of walks. We can confidently say that there are not many places around here beginning with the letter I. We’d almost settled on Ible, near Wirksworth, which would have been a lovely walk but when we realised we’d probably be spending longer…
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Hunters Bar roundabout is served by so many buses that it’s an easy starting point for today’s walk, and of course it has the right letter in its name. And as today’s walk turns out to reference various Sheffield bands we can’t miss starting with a quick hello to the Arctic Monkeys! If we’d been…
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In a departure from the norm, today’s is a circular walk. We thought maybe G for Grindleford was a bit tame on its own so first we added Great Hucklow and then it seemed like a good idea to walk back to Grindleford as there are hourly trains from there to Sheffield. It is also…
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Our bus into the Peak today is the 65 which plies daily between Meadowhall and Buxton. We need to get off at Millers Dale. It’s the stop after the Anglers Rest and it’s useful to be up and ready for it as the road is all ups and downs and bends around here. The bus…
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Today we start with a train ride along our favourite Hope Valley line to Edale station. Edale, famous for being the starting point of the Pennine Way, is generally thought of as being a village but it’s really the name of the valley of the River Noe and also the name of the parish. The…
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This is another walk where it’s to be expected that you’ll meet a few cows and sheep so, once again, it’s probably not ideal for dog walking or those nervous of livestock. Today began with a pleasant trip on the bang-on-time 218 bus to Bakewell. Little did we know there would be bus challenges awaiting…
Peak Walks A to Z 