Cheddleton Flint Mill & Churnet Valley Railway.

Geoff's turn this week and unfortunately i missed my alarm and didn't wake until 06:10 and by the time i had got myself organised i saw a red car at the door and that was me rushing even more. It was a miserable morning and when we arrived at the car park of the Churnet Valley Railway it was about 07:20.  It continued to rail so we sat in the car for a while until it stopped. The original plan was to walk to Froghall about 5 miles but we decided to stay relatively close and headed up the Caldon Canal to Cheddleton Flint Mill.

This week's walk was cut short to only 2 miles

Cheddleton Station 

The Caldon Canal

Lock on Caldon Canal

Geoff & Ike

Cheddleton Flint Mill

Lime Kilns

Cheddleton Flint Mill

Cheddleton Flint Mill

This main shaft broke in the 70's and was replaced  at a cost of £35k

Ike Rob & Geoff

The replaced shaft.

Ike, Geoff, Rob & me

Rob sheltering from the rain.This is where we had our breakfast.

Raindrops keep falling on your head ......

Lovely light on the lock

We met this couple on a barge and had a really nice chat.

Geoff snapping a canal mile post

This shows the track between the river Churnet and the Caldon canal

The Churnet Valley Railway sidings

Fishermen on the canal

Someone has fired up the stove for breakfast

Churnet Valley Railway

Geoff & Ike with one of the railway workers

Inside the workshop

Ike getting on board

The stationmaster having a cuppa

This turned out to be a great little walk with loads of interesting stuff to see, probably be back to do our original walk soon, when its not chucking it down.
See you next week.