Nelson's Monument to Wellington's Monument

It was my turn to drive this week and we headed north to park up in the Robin Hood near Birchen Edge.
The route this week took us past some familiar places but also onto some new ground that Geoff hadn't even been on.

The route marked in red

It was a nice steady walk up through the lower section of Birchen Edge we passed Nelson's monument and it was a different view from below it for a change. From the top the vista looked like a South African grass plain. The ground was a bit boggy in some places and even though  there isn't a footpath marked there is a couple of slab bridges over the brooks. We walked down to the cross roads then past a couple of old friends the Stoops. Walking past the stoops continued onto Wellingtons Monument, from there down hill through the woods to A621. We found an old pack horse bridge over the Bar Brook where we had our breakfast. After breakfast it was over the road and up through the birch woods with some more great views over towards Baslow. After reaching the top of the woods it was downhill to the Robin Hood.

Debris from the recent wind

Nelsons Monument

Geoff, Rob & Ike

We go this way???

A grand vista

Rob on the slab bridge

The sun just about to rise over the distant hill

Bridge over the Bar Brook

Looking south over Bar Brook

The old stoop

The modern stoop

Another view of the modern stoop

Wellingtons Monument

Geoff  using the trees to navigate down through the steep woodlands

A mini cairn

Lovely leafy path through the woods

It must be a tight squeeze for the sheep 

Breakfast on the old pack horse  bridge.

A small waterfall on the Bar Brook

The Bar Brook with the elevated driveway to the Cupola

Pack Horse Bridge over the Bar Brook

You  just cant see the woods for the trees

Rob & Ike getting tangled up in branches of the tree

Rob looking through the keyhole

View over to Baslow

Rocky outcrop

Moorside Farm with Birchen Edge in the background, you can see Nelsons Monument and the 3 ships  on the horizon.

This was a cracking walk with some unexpected gems turning up. Although the track was muddy in some places it was on the whole surprisingly dry underfoot. Although it was a tad over 4 miles there was quite a lot of ascents and descents especially through some of the steep sided woods. A grand morning out.
See you next week