Tag: Millers Dale

Peak District Walk – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

by Dean Read, posted in Day Walks, Medium Walk, Peak District, Trails, Video, Walking, White Peak

In this video we walk along the Monsal Trail from Bakewell to Millers Dale then back via Litton Mill and Cressbrook. I took my DJI Phantom 4 for it's first flight in the Peak District, we captured some great views of the Headstone Viaduct and even flew it though the headstone tunnel. After the flight … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

Peak District Walk – Cressbrook Dale & Peter’s Stones

by Dean Read, posted in Circular Routes, Day Walks, Peak District, Route Length, Short Walk, Video, Walking, White Peak

This week I decided to head out along a route I had walked in the past, this time armed with my DSLR to make a video of some of the great spots you pass along the way. The last time I walked this way I recorded an episode of the Peak Routes Podcast which you … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Cressbrook Dale & Peter’s Stones

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

Peter's Stone aka Gibbet Rock

Peak District Walk – Monsal, Cressbrook, Tideswell & Miller’s Dale

by Dean Read, posted in Circular Routes, Day Walks, Medium Walk, Peak District, Walking, White Peak

Another week, another walk and this time there was no getting around the bad weather. We have had lots of rain in recent weeks and the forecast was for more, the MET Office said that the rain was due to be around all day in the Peak District so I decided to stay low. I … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Monsal, Cressbrook, Tideswell & Miller’s Dale

Peak Routes Podcast – Episode 10 – Monsal, Cressbrook, Tideswell & Miller’s Dale

by Dean Read, posted in Circular Routes, Day Walks, Medium Walk, Peak District, Podcast, White Peak

Episode 10 of the Peak Routes Podcast is the first to be recorded using my new Zoom H1 and it features a walk starting at the Monsal Head Hotel. Firstly I wander down Monsal Dale to Cressbrook Mill, from there I head up Cressbrook Dale itself, through the National Nature Reserve up to Gibbet Rock … Continue reading Peak Routes Podcast – Episode 10 – Monsal, Cressbrook, Tideswell & Miller’s Dale

Peak District Walk – Limestone Way – Matlock to Castleton

by Dean Read, posted in Peak District, Trails, Video, Walking, White Peak, Wild Camping

Ever since my journey along the southern half of the Pennine Way (The Pennine Way – 7 Days from Edale to Thwaite – April 2013) I've been trying to get out wild camping as much as possible. I love the freedom of being able to pitch anywhere (with in reason) and enjoy my surroundings. I … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Limestone Way – Matlock to Castleton

Litton Tunnel

Peak District Walk – Monsal Trail

by Dean Read, posted in Day Walks, Peak District, Trails, Walking, White Peak

The weather this summer has been terrible, that is no understatement, it really has been rubbish. I know it must be digitally programmed into our British DNA to complain about the weather but this year it really is a valid complaint. We have had the odd day here and there where it has been nice … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Monsal Trail