Popular Trips in Peak District National Park
A trip that was planned as a wet weather alternative, however the amount of rain meant that the river was really up and sections of the path were imposable.
Poole Caverns, Buxton, Peak District, and Winnards Pass north of it
Buxton, England, United Kingdom
1.9 miles
1.9 miles
This is a short walk around the Poole Caverns near Buxton, the Shire (few hobbits around though - but Rivendale is close, but all the elves have left ...).The walk goes around a camping ground in a hollow, and to Solomon's Tower (Solomon's Keep?). Short, but nice air!The cavern was closed, but is said to be very nice to visit. Car park costs a pound.
We; Kevin (Scubaclogger) and I, both wanted to revisit a place in our childhoods. We took the train to Greenfield Station and stared our wander and a gentle paced walk to the summit of Broad Hill, along over Kinder Stones, on to Sugar Loaf and Shaw Rocks, past Slade Rocks and Slade Pits to the trig point ; Sykes Pillar, on the summit of Broadstone Hill. We then bog hoped down the...
One of the walk cards in the cottage
With Alex Sarah and Jasperwww.wheeldontreesfarm.co.uk
Another of our "Walm up walks" to gauge our fitness and pace for doing the 3 peaks... Very nice walk, we had good sunny day albeit a bit cold and windy in places.Route was expertly planned by Matt and Terry - I particularly enjoyed the two pints of Hyde beer at the nice pub and the end - cheers! ;)Our Team : Terry, Matt, Steve, Greg, Clive, Paul D, Ross and Paul...
Follow the road from Upper Hulme towards the roaches and park along here. This is where the walk starts. We parked quite a long way down but there are plenty of parking bays further along!
The walk firstly takes you along the top of the rock face which is fairly level in gradient once you are up but is quite uneven. You’ll pass “Doxey Pool” and the trig point up...
The superb geocaching series Alphabet Soup contains 26 caches and winds its way around Darley Bridge and Darley Dale offering some stunning views and a great variety of caches.Mr Pfaffabouter and Shorty were joined on this trip by Stevo185 and it is certainly a series that is good fun when part of a group. A number of the caches are very well thought out and the series will test everyone along the...
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