Sep 7, 2025
Above: Following the route of the Bakewell to Lathkill Dale walk using a GPX on a typical walking app. Using a GPX file An introduction to following a GPX route on a walking app, and some of the most popular apps available. Using OutdoorActive A detailed guide on how...
Aug 21, 2025
Above: The riverside path passes through a viaduct arch on its way to the two sets of stepping stones. Above: Click the map to enlarge in a new window. Starting from the free-to-park, Topley Pike lay-by just a few miles from Buxton beside the A6 to Bakewell, this...
Aug 21, 2025
Above: The orange circle shows where the photo was taken – approching Tunstead from the footbridge over the quarry’s railway line. Tunstead Quarry lies just a few miles east of Buxton and is the UK’s largest limestone quarry, covering some 840 acres....
Sep 16, 2024
Above: There are some wonderful views from along the ridge. At around two miles this is one of the shortest walks on the website. I came across the route on an information board at Miller’s Dale Station. It’s described as a ‘wild flower walk’,...
Sep 7, 2024
Above: The attractive track from Priestcliffe on the return towards Miller’s Dale (near point 16 on the map). The last couple of walks posted on the website have been fairly long at 11 and 14 miles. So I thought it was time to feature a few shorter ones. At just...
Aug 8, 2024
Above: The smallest of the surviving Grey Ladies is marked on the OS map and now stands in a nearby wall with Robin Hood’s Stride on the horizon. Lying close to Robin Hood’s Stride on Harthill Moor, between the villages of Elton and Birchover, The Grey...
