Hiking and walking in South Yorkshire and beyond

 Thurgoland Eastfield RFM Blue Line 28/06/24 I was on my own for this local walk. Its been a few weeks since I have had a lone walk. Starting in the middle of Thurgoland the walk heads up to the ridge where long views over the area towards Dodworth and Barnsley beyond. You can make out the old Dodworth Pit Stack now a green wooded hill on the left. When we were kids it was much higher and cone shaped, had a bucket line to the top and was continually smoking so we called it Versuvius. I was a little wary of today's walk because this area is full of farm aninals with hardly any arable so I know that farmers will ignore footpaths when this is the case. So there are 2 maps the first with the blue line shows the intended route and the second with the red line shows the actual route. All will become plain. The short walk along the ridge towards Pule Hill Farm had extreme long views over the Barnsley area. The day was warm but cloudy with a little wind. Oh no I thought, after our encounte...

 Ladybower, Hathersage Bamford Edge Walking with Lacey 26/06/24 Arriving at the layby next To Ladybower at about 8.45 there was just 1 car already parked so no problem finding a place.  This was the view from the car where we parked. We walked along the lakeside to the Ladybower dam passing the plughole next to the dam. At the dam we went down the very pleasant partially wooded path towards Yorkshire Bridge. The heavenly perfume of banks of wild roses was a joy.  I think I saw tree sparrows amonst the normal panoply of woodland bird species. We crossed the bridge which was quite high. As usual we lingered a while on the bridge watching the water and just enjoying the moment.  Lacey's photo of the water from the bridge captures the moment. I explained to Lacey that to our immediate right above the trees was Win Hill a great Derbyshire peak and one we would see many times on this walk. At this point we joined the Derwent Valley Heritage Way which runs along the disused...