Darley Dale to Peak Rail

I was poorly last week so i missed that trip. 4 of us this week and when i arrived at Plains Lane to pick up the boys it was damp and murky with very poor light levels. We weren't sure where to go and ended up parking outside of St. Helen's Church in Chuchtown Darley Dale. We walked back down towards Whitworth Park and from there we walked along the cycle track to the Peak Rail sidings. The gate was open so we just walked into the complex we went past a WW1 trench installation and of course brother Rob had to go and find a way in.  We spotted a narrow gauge railway track that Geoff wanted to look at then we found a bench for our breakfast. I had a look at my map and saw a footpath across the fields would give us a different way back to the car.

This weeks route

St. Helen's churchyard

St. Helen's church in the dusk.

Railway station at Darley Dale

An old GR postbox

Could be trouble here. 3 males and 2 females

Signal Box

Looks like the old boot graveyard

Big brother is watching you

Still murky and dark

Peak Rail sidings

Ike, Rob & Geoff

Old truck

WWI trench

Rob

Narrow gauge railway

Old air raid shelter

Geoff getting through the gate

Unusual fence line

Geoff squeezing through a style

Quite a few of these holes in the wall, not sure if  its to let animals through or floodwater.

This looks like an old water pump

Another grand old post box

Two ladies with their great danes only 4 months old.

Back to the church

 It was a 07:30 start with very poor light levels for photo's but still It was good to get out with the boys today. As usual we put the world to rights 

See you next week