walking with tom
Published: Friday, September 7th 2007
So...... it was back to the hills with Thomas, my 12 year old son.
We were going to go to the Yorkshire Dales, but, time was an issue, so we went to the Yorkshire Peak District.
Because The Peak District is close to where I live and it is always easy to get to, Thomas and I can have a good walk around as opposed to wasting a lot of time getting to and from The Dales which is much further.
The first picture shows Thomas just as we are setting off.
We are heading up the path straight behind Tom which has quite a drop in ground height, down and then back up with a stream crossing over rocks you that can't see in the picture.
Then it will be onwards and upwards, we will be going to the right when we get to the top.
The next picture shows me near the top of the first hill.
The 'rock' in front of me is actually granite stone that has been carved for use as a mill stone.
It has been carved from the rocks where it is now, or very close by, to be used in a windmill for grinding flour or wheat etc, see the link above.
You can see part of the centre hole, and there a loads of these half finished mill stones in this whole area.
The next picture shows the view Tom and I had as we were walking up the Peak.
The next picture shows me at the top of the first Peak, yes.....I am shattered! yes....I am lathered! yes.....I am blowing like an old sow!!
The next pictures show where we have walked from.
We came across the tops along the path you can see on the right of the picture, from the rocks beyond. We started our walk at the bottom of the very left of the picture, below the far tree line.
The second picture shows another angle of where we came from, but from quite further along our walk.
We are actually on the other side of the valley from the picture above.
You can just see the stream running along the bottom of the valley, the water is heading much further down the hill.
This route is part of the now famous Hip Flask Walk.
We had a good day even though the pictures show the weather as a little misty but it was actually very 'close' or 'heavy' and warm.
There was a slight shower half way around our ramble but nothing to worry about.
We finished our walk, and had a quick pint in the Yorkshire Bridge a place that Thomas and I really like very much, it was then home from here.
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