Tag: Monsal Dale

Peak District Walk – Monsal Dale & Ashford-in-the-Water

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

This videos sees us head to Monsal Dale for a nice but short circular walk of around 6 1/2 miles. We parked near the Monsal Head Inn and made our way down to the River Wye in Monsal Dale via the Headstone Viaduct. The route then took us down towards Deep Dale and eventually to … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Monsal Dale & Ashford-in-the-Water

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

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

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

Peak District – Monsal Head – Social Hiking Meet Up

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

I've just got home from a fantastic meet up in the Peak District with my friends from Social Hiking - ShareYourAdventure.com. It was great to finally meet some of the people who I've been chatting to for the last year or so, we have all become friends while Sharing our Adventures on this fantastic website … Continue reading Peak District – Monsal Head – Social Hiking Meet Up

Peak District Walk – Bakewell and Monsal Loop

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

I have just returned home from another rather impromptu walk in the glorious Peak District. This time we headed for the White Peak, Bakewell to be precise. I had been wanting to do a walk in that area for some time but the lure of the slightly more mountainous feel of the Dark Peak pulls … Continue reading Peak District Walk – Bakewell and Monsal Loop