SKAR Walk No 6

I'm a bit late blogging about Walk No 6 ... I just don't seem to have the time at the moment. Well walk SKAR Walk 6 was on Bank Holiday Monday 2nd May. A circular walk starting and finishing in Bakewell. All of SKAR plus another R turned out for the walk. Took awhile to get to Bakewell especially trying to get on the car park because as it was a Bank Holiday everyone was out and about.  It took us that long get on the car park that we sat and ate our picnic at the car ... we were all that hungry !

Weather was good but it was very windy !

The walk started along the side of the river but after that it was a right upper and downer !

Holding the tree up !

Great views those of the peak district.

We also walked through the Estate of Chatsworth House and the hamlet of Edensor which is on the estate (and was moved to allow the Duke of Devon who had the house built, uninterrupted views of his estate park lands!).

Chatsworth House

On some occasions in open spaces I thought I was going to get blown over ...

I felt like Julie Andrews after walking down this field !

We managed to see a curlew, buzzard, pheasant and the usual tits, robins and blackbirds. I think we should start taking a bird book out with us as we are useless identifying them !

In total just over 7 3/4 miles ... but relatively few flat bits !  Eventually found a pub on the way home Jarvis Arms at Onecote ... where I managed to purchase two books as well as lager !