The High Peak Trail & Minninglow

It was Ike's turn this week and as usual for this time of the year we set off at 07:00 again with an extra passenger with Geoff's daughter Sally. After a discussion where to go it was decided we would park up at Harborough Rocks and walk along the High Peak Trail. Its a very flat trail and generally a hard surface so no mud. It was dry and very warm but the wind was gusting quite severely at times almost blowing me over on a couple of occasions. Unfortunately once again the light levels were very poor with just drab grey skies which doesn't help for decent pics. There are some lovely views along this stretch of the trail well worth going again when the weather pics up and some greenery on the tree's.

Route to Minninglow

Harborough car park

Just needs a bit of polyfiller in that crack

Had to give it the mono look

Apparently this is a WW2 look out post

Where trains once thundered along.

Sally taking in the view

Watering station for the steam engines

Old railway building of some sort

About 20 of these little sporties came blasting by while we were going over the bridge.

Geoff

Gateway to Minninglow

 Minninglow is a round barrow containing Neolithic burial chambers. This Derbyshire Low originally began life as a single chamber with a small mound comprised mainly of limestone probably during the Neolithic period. It was later covered by a long cairn with four chambers and later still converted into a massive circular mound, perhaps during the Bronze Age.

Looks like the remains of some sort of kiln

Geoff & Sally

Looks a bit like a lime kiln in the foreground

Sally

The Minninglow embankment a huge stone wall to support the railway

Breakfast stop

Remains of an old track side crane

Sally running

The back of the Minninglow Embankment

Heading up to Minninglow

Sally

View from minninglow

Into the inner circle of tree's

Geoff & Sally

Rob & Ike

Sally in one of the burial chambers

Me with new hat

Me

Ike

Now we found some mud, just for Ike

Sally

Rob & Ike 

This scene was begging for some black & white treatment

Looks like Geoff is doing a sprint at nearly 79 he should be taking it easy.

Bit of a ramshackle location 

Sally snapping some sheep

Gateway in slightly better light.

Back to Harborough Rocks

This was a lovely walk 7 1/2 miles in very windy conditions and one of the surprises was to see and hear some skylarks singing near Minninglow. A sign that spring is coming.

See you next week.