A free day together and a lovely if windy forecast, saw Tracey and myself travelling again to the lovely Peak District to carry out another favourite walk.
After a fairly decent drive over through urban Sheffield and the lovely White Peak countryside, we arrived at our destination, Monsal Head.
After getting some warm gear on we headed off and down onto the old railway viaduct, before heading towards Cressbrook and the River Wye.
The obligatory stop to take some landscape pics is always part of any visit here and we then headed down to Cressbrook Mill.
As we arrived at Cressbrook Mill, the lovely sight of a singing male Dipper greeted us, always a great sighting in my book and a nice start to the days bird sightings.
It was a tad muddy in places due to the overnight rain as we walked along Water-cum-jolly Dale, but the path soon became drier as we reached Litton Mill.
More nice bird sightings here included a pair of Goosander watched fishing along the river and a pair of Dippers gave brilliant views, particularly the male, who was frantically displaying to his mate and she wasn't taking a blind bit of notice which was amusing.
We then walked up onto the old railway for the last leg up to Miller's Dale station.
A welcome stop at the station for a nice cuppa and a toastie certainly did the trick before we began the return leg of the walk.
As we approached Litton tunnel, we decided to walk over the top, instead of through it today. This was a very good choice, as the views of the surrounding countryside and autumnal colours were superb.
As we made it back down to the old railway again, we walked through Cressbrook tunnel, past Upper Dale and Cressbrook Mill and up to the car at Monsal Head.
What a brilliant walk today in perfect weather for walking, the following are my favourite photos from our day in this cracking part of the world.
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| Monsal Dale, Monsal Viaduct & Upperdale. |
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| Cressbrook Mill |
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| Water-cum-jolly Dale |
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| Litton Mill |
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| Miller's Dale |
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| Litton Mill |
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| Cressbrook Dale |
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| Cressbrook Tunnel |
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| Cressbrook Mill |
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| Upperdale |
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| Monsal Dale, Monsal Head & Upperdale |
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