Out & About: September 2014

Tuesday 23 September 2014

Youlgrave and Meadow Place Grange.

A trip up towards Youlgrave this week with a later start of 06:30 so a bit of a lie in. We parked in the car park on the outskirts of Youlgrave and walked down through the village then up through Meadow Place Grange. This is a really old farm with loads of character. From the farm we stopped at the dry river Lathkill where we had our breakfast. From there it was up to Over Haddon and Conksbury Bridge then road work back to the car.

This weeks route. Youlgrave to Over Haddon and back.

Old Manor Farm

Until we got there

Youlgrave in the mist

Youlgrave

Geoff

Rob & Ike looking t Meadow Place Grange

Horse mounting steps

Geoff, Ike & Rob

Another part of Meadow Place Grange

Geoff on the woodland track

Geoff in the middle of the river Lathkill, but no water

Breakfast time

Carters Mill on the river Lathkill

Ike coming up the hill in Over Haddon

Memorial in Over Haddon

Main Street Over Haddon.

Rob horsing about

Spotted these 3 characters behind the pub

Lathkill Hotel

Minninglow form a distance

A view of Over Haddon

View of the river Lathkill

The White house near Carters Mill

Small weir on the River Lathkill

A bit congested in Youlgrave

The water tank and the smallest house in the centre of Lathkill

The water tank

Old Hall Youlgrave.

This was another lovely walk with a couple of small hills, stumbling across Meadow Place Grange was a bonus, what a brilliant old farm complex.
It was different seeing the river Lathkill fro a high position when coming out of Over Haddon. As usual for this time of the year the river at Carters Mill was dry.
See you next week

Monday 22 September 2014

Dornoch, Durness and Ullapool. Scotland Sept 2014

Not my usual Out and About Blog, this is from a 5 day trip to Scotland, normal service will resume as soon as possible.

A few pics from our 5 day coach trip to the north of Scotland. Fantastic weather, brilliant hotel and food with some wonderful day trips. The only negative for this holiday was the long journey, plenty of stops en route and it was all worth it in the end.
The pics show :- Inverness, Dornoch, Durness and Ullapool with stopping points in between on the trips.