Quick Visit to Stanton Moor & Whitworth Park

We had a bad start today, when i arrived there, Rob and Geoff were up and about but no sign of Ike. We went down to his house which was in darkness and knocked on the door, then i phoned him. He answered and said he would be half an hour but it didn't end there, he had been out the night before and couldn't drive so we switched weeks and i drove. We set off after 06:40 and because of the late start and the weather we ended up at Stanton Moor. We only got just past the Corkstone when we got caught in a load of rain out on the open moor. We carried on to the Nine Ladies Stone circle and took a bit of shelter under the wishing tree.  After the rain eased off we carried on the circular route back to the car where we decided to have our breakfast in the shelter of some trees. It was still quite early so we decided to call in and have a little wander around Whitworth Park in Darley Dale. This is a really nice park with a sizable pond where we spotted a heron. We headed back to the car and home. Guess what it had hardly rained in Belper and we were like drowned rats, that's life.

The Corkstone

Loads of heather in in full bloom

Rob, Geoff and Ike in the rain

Ilke

First glimpse of the Nine Ladies

The Nine Ladies Stone circle and the Wishing Tree

One of the many items hanging from the wishing tree

Rob, Ike& Geoff looking at the info board

Geoff

Reflections

Back at the Corkstone

Coming out of the quarry

Breakfast time

This is in Whitworth Park

First glimpse of the heron in Whitworth Park

We intended to go to Bamford Edge this morning but a late start and the weather was against us so we improvised with a couple of short walks in the drizzle. Still an enjoyable morning where we put the world to rights as  usual.
See you next week.