Chatsworth Beeley Circ RFM Blue Line

 

Chatsworth Beeley Circ 
RFM Blue Line
09/03/26


This was one of those walks of two halves, up and down and then dead flat. If I am honest the flat part was the hardest, how bizarre is that? The title photo is an aahhh moment but it is early March prime lambing time.

Starting at the Chatsworth car park may seem massively out of character as it is normal £9 to park there but I just found out its free until March 19th. I don't really know what this structure is as it always looks out of place to me.

I left the house and headed up into the woods. The plethora of woodland birds I could see and hear was fantastic including a Goldcrest on the ground very close to me until it flew off.



To be honest the woods near the house are a bit scruffy looking and do not contain many large trees.


The views if it wasn't so foggy would be quite good and some of the trees are starting to look older and more characterful.
At first I thought this was a monument in the woods but I actually think it is a chimney the remnant of who knows what kind of building. 



As I climbed through Stand Wood the trees got bigger and bigger and the wildlife more evident. This cheery Great Tit entertained me for a while jumping around the leaf litter.



Just look at these magnificent trees.


The stile leading out of the wood and off the estate was tall but well made. The mature tree next to it was huge.


It was a long walk over the moor called Rabbit Warren on the map.The foggy weather meant there was very little to see. The atmosphere created by the still fog was in its own way a joy to experience. Trees appearing out of the gloom and skylarks providing the music was just brilliant. The map indicated a stone circle but I knew from past experience it didn't mean I would find it.



I stopped to get my bearings and take a photo of the tree in the fog. I looked to my right and astonishingly the stone circle was there. Its only small but it can just about be made out in the photo on the right. It was easier to see in situ.


I came off the moor and on to the muddy lane at the top of Hell Bank Plantation. 





A short walk around the lane and then it was back into the plantation to regain my route. This complicated manouvre done just to make sure this walk meets the same point on the lane as my previous walk thus joining the blue lines. It all makes sense to me somehow.



The plantation is basically commercial woodland and it looks like a lot of work had been going on. The path was joyously precarious.


It took a little scrabbling to regain the lane as the timber cutting had obliterated the path marked on the map. I realised that the piles of timber left were not actually the main harvest as all the trees were actually gone. These piles I have do doubt will still be collected at some time.



The route left the lane and went through the farmyard past these cuties and on towards Beeley.


Debyshire wears the mantle of fog with dignity. I had a literary discussion with an old couple on the way up the hill. We chatted for about 10 minutes. I loved it.


Then it was down through the pastures to Beeley. I love the look of Beeley.




I was going to stop at Beeley Church for a drink but I had taken so long chatting on the hill I decided I didn't need a break so carried on.







The field of new lambs was just a joy to walk through. I especially liked the twins with mum in the middle who though close to the path declined to move out of my way, and looked incredibly cute.







It was a long way along side the river until I even caught a glimpse of Chatsworth. Long flat walks are hard work, I prefer hills.












Some views of Chatsworth and the deerherd. I did extend my walk a little to cover some more ground for the blue line. I enjoyed the park.

Then the red car came in sight and it was time to go home.

8 and a half miles and a 900 foot total ascent is a reasonable walk. Luckily there was not much mud and no tarmac which was great.

os map
https://explore.osmaps.com/route/30936257/chatsworth-beeley-circ-rfm-blue-line?lat=53.22958&lon=-1.6054&zoom=13.9274&overlays=os-obstacles-layer&style=Leisure&type=2d




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