Brassington, The Kings Chair and those Carsington Wind Turbines

Geoff mentioned the Kings Chair a couple of weeks ago and it was his turn to drive so we headed up to Brassington and parked up in a lane called Wirksworth Dale. After booting up we carried on up the lane until we got to the footpath sign pointing north. It was quite misty at this time and the sun still hadn't broken the horizon.

This weeks route

 The fields in this area are just covered in old lead mine workings, it was like walking over a bomb sight. We carried on and crossed over the road and walked up the path alongside the only factory in the area, this brought us onto the Midshires Way just under Harborough Rocks.

This couple with there dog said they had done a 22 mile run the previous day and would be doing 10 miles this morning.

After a short walk along the Midshires Way we again crossed the road and got onto another footpath on Carsington Pastures. This led us past the wind turbines but because of the mist we had to get within 100 feet of them before we could see them. There are 4 of them absolutely huge structures, the mist started to fall away and they quickly came into view.

The mist was just starting to clear

Walking towards the Kings Chair we got some nice views of Carsington Water.

This limestone outcrop is known as the Kings Chair

 We had our breakfast next to the Kings Chair with great views of Carsington below us.

Jim, Geoff, Ike & Rob.

 From the Kings Chair we descended a very steep track to Carsington Village.

Geoff & Rob on the way down to Carsington

Rob in the Tunnel of Luvvv

Cottages at the top of Mining Lane

 After coming down Mining Lane we turned right and set off towards Brassington

Here's a nice des res just with great views of Carsington Water.

This looks like a redundant style

More views of the wind turbines from the track to Brassington.

This looks an old track

Pathway to heaven

Some great rocky outcrops around Brassington

St. James Church in Brassington

Rob taking in the view

Back at the car in the sunshine

This was just over 4 miles, it started off dull & gloomy but ended in sunshine with some nice views over Carsington Water. Some of the tracks were very muddy and the boots needed washing down straight away when i got home. A great little walk and i will do this again when the weather improves because of the views over Carsington.
See you next week.