Gavin Graham's Blog

Sunday, 8 July 2012

Strange Edge

On Monday we decided to walk Stange Edge which is a 10 mile walk starting in the village of Hathersage and includes a 4 mile ridge walk. Shortly after we commenced the walk it started raining and continued for the rest of the day.

The highest point is High Neb at 1502ft

On the way down the walk takes you past dozens of these Mill Stones or Grindstones. The area is a Mecca for rock climbers.

A Visit to Chatsworth

While the rest of the gang decided to either walk or take the train to New Mill Gaye and I decided we had to visit Chatsworth. Luckily it stayed dry for most of the day.

A Week in the Peak District

The Last of the Summer Wine Walkers
John, Peter, Martin, Tom, and Gavin

With Elizabeth and Sandria who both walked with us up until Tuesday.

Dinner in the Old Hall Inn on Sunday evening. Aileen & Gaye left us on Monday to visit friends.

Wednesday, 27 June 2012

Alston Railway Walk

Niall and Tom on today's walk which was down the narrow guage railway from Alston towards Haltwhistle. We turned 5 miles south of Alston and came back part of the way on the Pennine way and then back onto the railway path. Weather not very good but much better than in Langholm so no more photographs were taken. We did see a couple of Deer on the walk however but it took too long for me to set up my camera.

Friday, 22 June 2012

A Segway Experience at the RHS

I have always fancied a go on a Segway and at last got a chance to do a few laps at the RHS in Edinburgh this morning. They are much easier to use than I had anticipated and within seconds I was whizzing my way round the show ground.
The RHS unfortunately is a bit of a washout with heavy rain on both days so far and the forecast for the weekend is awful.

Wednesday, 20 June 2012

Great Strickland and Morland Walk

Today's Wednesday Walk was No 29 from this excellent publication by Penrith Ramblers. It was just over 9 miles and slightly longer than planned as we took a wrong turning. Hopefully Niall will be back next week so Tom can concentrate on just walking instead of navigating.

Walking accross a field which has a footpath right through the middle is a real treat. Many thanks to the farmer who went to the bother of ensuring the "right of way" was clearly shown.

There are many lovely small villages in the walks included in this book and today's nicest village was Newby and this lovely cottage garden was a real treat.

One of the many small bridges we crossed with the cattle waiting to follow us along the other bank.

Another old bridge over the River Lyvennet and this is called the "Crossrigg Hall" Bridge.

An ocean of Barley. After a poor spring many of the local farms are quite a bit behind with their crops but this field contained Winter Barley planted last year and therefore has had a bit of a head start over the rest. We met one of the local farmers and he told us he had just planted the last of his Barley last week so it will be a late harvest.