Foolow, The Hidden Waterfall and Silly Dale

Just 3 of us as Geoff was off to his sisters down south.We would have set off at 06:00 am as usual but brother Rob decided to sleep in so we set set of a bit late. Not sure where to go so we just went north and decided on a visit to Foolow and the waterfall then onto Silly Dale.Foolow is a beautiful little village with a pond, a village cross and a pub. We parked a short walk up the road from Waterfall Farm which is opposite the entrance to the waterfall. The waterfall is actually in a large hole in the ground which is surrounded by trees. The whole area has its own Eco climate and is almost surreal. The water tumbles about 25 feet from the surface and ends up going below ground into a swallet. It was a bit tricky negotiating our way down to the floor of the waterfall with route being covered with loose rocks and mud.

This weeks route around Foolow

Ike 

Rob and Ike

Derbyshires hidden waterfall

Rob & Ike

Part of the route down to the floor of the waterfall. You can just see Rob & Ike at the top of the pic.

This is the way in to the waterfall

St. Hugh's Church was originally a smithy and had its first service in 1888.

The Bulls Head, a lovely English country inn

Must be a cyclist that lives here.

This is Peters Stone taken from quite a distance over the valley.

A lovely old bridal way going through the bottom of Silly Dale

Silly Dale

We had our breakfast here at the junction of 3 bridal ways.

Lovely old barn

An old barn on the horizon

I just liked the look of this in black and white.

A house sign in the guise of a Stoop

Back to the village of Foolow

We used the cross steps to de-boot

Rob at his car

Foolow village cross, C15 is a grade 11 listed monument and was restored in 1868.

This was another really nice walk, although we've been to the waterfall and Foolow before we've not been on some of these footpaths and not been through Silly Dale. What is it with this area, got Fool in the village name and Silly in the dale.
See you next week