Friday 9th April
We walked from Monsal Head car park with its view of the viaduct, down a steep wooded path which flattened out to arrive at the weir.
We crossed the Wye and followed the footpath downstream along the river, through Monsal Dale. This is like a slightly lesser-known Dovedale, though less narrow.
It was resplendent with spring flowers -
wood anenomes, celandine, bluebells, violets, primroses, dandelions.
We had to cross the A6 at Lees Bottom, then the path went steeply uphill through Deepdale - more trees and lots of wild garlic, not yet in flower. We passed an old watermill with two wheels.
Our route lay across the A6 once more and over the old bridge into Ashford in the Water.
We lunched there on a sunny bench not far from the church.
The route back to Monsal Head climbs quite gently but steadily, along a footpath from Vicarage Lane, over a field.
We passed this typical ‘dew pond’.
We followed Pennyunk Lane which became a footpath.
And so with a glimpse of the viaduct through the trees, we arrived back at Monsal Head car park. Just over 6 miles and about 650 feet of uphill.
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