I mentioned in my last post that we were hoping to get out for a longer walk and yesterday we did just that.
After the wind and rain of Friday and before the wind and rain of today we drove up to the village of Hartington which is on the Tissington Trail.
The Tissington trail starts at Ashbourne and ends at Parsley Hay where it joins the High Peak Trail. We have, over the years, walked all of the trail. This time we just walked from Hartington to Parsley Hay.
The sun was showing its face, the breeze was brisk and the views were stunning.
A patchwork quilt of fields edged with dry stone walling
The trail itself is easy going underfoot and follows part of the old railway line which ran between Ashbourne and Buxton.
The railway cutting just before Parsley Hay.
We passed a farm and there were lambs in the fields already.
I love to hear them bleating, mums and lambs calling to each other.
A brown sheep and lamb in a field of six camping pods.
The wind picked up and the light changed
Luckily we got back to the car and had just left the car park as the rain started.
It was back to wind and rain again today.
I am so glad you got out Rosie on such a beautiful scenic walk. I think it is a wonderful idea when old railway lines are turned into footpaths. Lovely to see the lambs too :) Weather forecast, apart from one day, looks good at the moment for the next ten days :)
ReplyDeleteThank you Caroline. It was a lovely walk and so good to be out and about in a familiar place. It was a joy to see the lambs, there were quite a few of them. I hope we have some better weather soon, something to look forward to:)
DeleteThat walk looked idyllic. How lovely to see the sheep and lambs. I loved the sentence 'The railway cutting just before Parsley Hay' . x
ReplyDeleteThank you Simone, it was a lovely walk and so good to be out in the countryside. Parsley Hay is a lovely name for a village. The next one along is Pilsbury which always reminds me of the dough man advert:)
DeleteI remember the Pilsbury dough man with his squidgy belly! My Mum used to make us the Pillsbury dough croissants out of a tin as a Sunday tea time treat!
DeleteYes, and his little chortle of glee when his tummy was pressed:)
DeleteI remember visiting that part of Derbyshire years ago. So beautiful. B x
ReplyDeleteThank you B, it is beautiful in all seasons, but it seemed so wonderful on Saturday:)
DeleteThat's such a good walk, I can almost fell the fresh air from here! 😊
ReplyDeleteThank you CK, it was a lovely walk in good weather, just right:)
DeleteIt looks like a lovely walk. I haven't seen any lambs here yet. Xx
ReplyDeleteThank you Jules, it was a lovely walk and great to see the lambs :)
DeleteSuch wonderful and expansive views you saw. I imagine you slept well after all that fresh air.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lorrie, the light was almost perfect for the views, we were both tired when we got home but pleasantly so:)
DeleteBeautiful hike - beautiful nature. It's a joy to be able to be there. Thanks for taking me with you.
ReplyDeleteThank you for your beautiful photos.
Lots of love from Viola
Thank you Viola. it was a lovely walk. I'm glad you enjoyed the photos:)
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