The weather last night was rough, no rain, but the wind associated with storm Hector was particularly strong and as a consequence I had a very disturbed night frequently checking that the awning was secure. A few years ago we moved to using an air awning and it has proved a good decision, in high winds it is very flexible with no risk of a stray pole damaging the caravan.
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Category: East Midlands
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A Seven Mile Circuit from Ogston Reservoir
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A Trig Point, Steam Train and Ice Cream on a walk from Tax Farm CL
Checking the local maps last night I planned a walk for today that would include an opportunity to bag a trig point. I also noticed there was another trig nearby in the woods on Farley Moor that I could bag on my morning walk with the dogs. (more…)
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Arriving at Tax Farm CL
After a month in Yorkshire it is time for us to head south. We have decided to break the journey home with a stay in the Peak District, close to Matlock. This is an area we visited, briefly, several years ago and it will be an opportunity to explore new ground. A few hours after leaving Brigholme Farm CL we are pitching up on Tax Farm CL.
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A Night at Poolsbrook Country Park
After five weeks at home we are on the road again and heading north towards Yorkshire so we can combine some walking with a bit of work. We decide to break the journey with a one-night stopover just off the M1 near Chesterfield.
Our pitch is on the Caravan Club’s main site at Poolsbrook Country Park. Blog followers will know we do not usually stay on big sites, but this one is ideal. It is only a mile or two from Junction 29A on the M1. It does not sound the most salubrious of locations but will do us for a night.
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A Stroll Along The Grantham Canal
It is grey and overcast and the forecast is for rain later, we therefore decide to take an early wander and then pack up and head home. We have been away on tour for twenty-three nights, so getting back home a day earlier to catch up with chores in the garden seems like a good idea.
We start our walk by heading past the farm shop on site and continuing along the broad track until we meet the footpaths that cross it. Turning right we walk down to the small wooden bridge over the ditch and then turn left to follow the path towards Colston Bassett.
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Flower Pot Horses?
We always find leaving the Dales difficult, in the past we have been known to suddenly extend our stay by a few days. But this time around we need to be heading south so reluctantly pack up.
Whilst we have been staying in Settle there has been a wonderful display of flowerpot characters. We have encountered similar events elsewhere over the years and they are usually limited to variations on the Flowerpot Men theme. The good people of Settle have really gone to town and our favourites are a horse and a dalek.
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Ice Cream for Lynnie
As previously mentioned Lynnie and I have visited the Peak District in the past and done a number of walks from our walking books of the area. The problem is we can’t recall which ones so we are undecided if we have done a walk from Bakewell or not. Lynnie says we have but I am not so sure.
There is only one way to find out, so we drive to Bakewell and park in the town alongside the show ground, it is being prepared for the forthcoming Bakewell show. This bit is familiar, but I know we have visited Bakewell in the past.
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Lime Kilns
We decide it is a day to walk from the site. Blackwell Hall CL has a footpath running alongside it leading down to the Monsal Trail. So late afternoon we set off with the boys on this route.
From the site we go through Blackwell Hall farmyard, along the track, through a couple of gates and a field of young bears before descending steeply, beneath us is the long Chee Tor tunnel. At a junction of paths we turn right soon joining the Monsal Trail not far from the tunnel entrance.
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Big Stones
A sunny Sunday finds us in Matlock. Lynnie has identified a walk of around nine miles that fits her criteria of a suitable stroll. We park up alongside Hall Leys Park. This is another one of those cracking Victorian public parks. It opened in 1898 and was refurbished in 2004/05 and is very busy on this sunny day.
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