Category: Long Walk

Peak District – The 9 Edges Challenge

by Dean Read, posted in Challenges, Dark Peak, Day Walks, Ladybower, Long Walk, Peak District, Route Length, Walking

The 9 Edges Challenge is a 21 mile route that crosses 9 gritstone edges in the eastern Peak District. It's an annual charity event put on in aid of the Edale Mountain rescue service that pits walkers, runners and climbers against some famous Derbyshire gritstone edges. Derwent, Stanage, Upper Burbage, Lower Burbage, Frogatt, Curbar, Baslow, … Continue reading Peak District – The 9 Edges Challenge

Peak District Walk – The Derwent Valley Heritage Way

by Dean Read, posted in Attractions, Ladybower, Long Walk, Peak District, Route Length, Trails, Video, Walking

The Derwent Valley Heritage Way is a 55 mile route tracing the course of the River Derwent from Heatherdene to Derwent Mouth. The river begins up at Swaines Greave near Bleaklow and then flows down in to the chain of reservoirs in the Upper Derwent Valley. It flows in to Howden, Derwent and then Ladybower … Continue reading Peak District Walk – The Derwent Valley Heritage Way

Peak District – Mountain Biking – Parsley Hay & Millers Dale

by Dean Read, posted in Circular Routes, Cycling, Long Walk, Route Length, Trails, Video, White Peak

In this video I met up with my mate Andy at Parsley Hay on the High Peak Trail with my mountain bike, we had decided to follow a route he had done before that was plotted in his Garmin 800 GPS. It takes in some great locations and some nice bits of downhill too, my … Continue reading Peak District – Mountain Biking – Parsley Hay & Millers Dale