With another fine day forecast, Colin and I left Pilsley, heading south east and along the road, back onto the official Inn Way at Chatsworth House. The route then followed the course of the River Derwent south, through the very peaceful villages of Beeley and Rowsley before turning south west through Stanton in Peak to Birchover. From there we turned north west across Harthill Moor to Youlgrave.
Around early afternoon, we considered going slightly off the route and downhill to the pub in Stanton, but decided to press on to stop at one (or maybe both 😉) of the two pubs in Birchover, only to find that both of them were closed! (Mondays in the Peak District must be very quiet normally). So, like the day before, but for a different reason, it was a very ‘dry’ day.
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Oh those flowers! Lovely!
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Yes indeed, there were so many, you’d think there wasn’t enough room for them all. Obviously a labour of love for the owner. I’m sure they will be glad they were seen and appreciated by a wider (worldwide) audience. 🙂
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There should be a ‘beer app’ for diligent walkers 🙂 🙂
We did the same mistake in Austria once.
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No doubt some enterprising person has thought of that (or at least they should) – especially now that the UK licensing laws allow pubs to open more or less at random. I think we read that one place closed at 9pm!! Day 3 was better though… 🙂
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I’m glad to hear of the improvement on day 3 🙂 🙂 Hopefully along with some delicious food too!!
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We were fuelled each morning by a classic cooked English breakfast and in the evenings by an assortment of pub meals, plus a few ales, for rehydration purposes of course. 🙂
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Brilliant approach 🙂 One can walk many miles on a classic cooked English breakfast!!
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Indeed, it makes for slow going early on, but provides much needed stamina throughout the day… 🙂
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Ah! The flowers and the animals…I think I like this report of the walk the best!
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Given the close proximity of the villages, I was surprised to find that each day was quite different. We enjoyed them all of course, but that garden was a little special! 🙂
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