Ambergate - Wirksworth

Sunday 8th April

A four year gap finally broken as My knee was deemed ready to be tested. Not the brightest of days but there was no rain. With the risk of Wirksworth not proving Sunday lunch friendly succour was taken at the EVR's Pullman dinning car: grins all round, even if it was only a jacket potato.


Start - Squash 3⅓Km. Coffee 5Km. Lunch 12Km. Second Coffee 16Km. Finish 21¾Km. Total ≈ 13½ Miles. (769m assent)



Halfpenny Bridge's Easten end in need of buttressing
Halfpenny Bridge's Easten end in need of buttressing
Peatpits Brook
Peatpits Brook
Flowing well
Flowing well
Was I trailing back too far?
Was I trailing back too far?
Squash stop
Squash stop
Four years on and the replacement bench is still providing good service
Four years on and the replacement bench is still providing good service
Alderwasley First and Second World War Memorial Cross, Alderwasley Park
Alderwasley First and Second World War Memorial Cross, Alderwasley Park
Looking to the coffee stop
Looking to the coffee stop
Director's shot
Director's shot
Morning coffee
Morning coffee
Another request
Another request
The daffs are out
The daffs are out
The Sheep Pasture incline
The Sheep Pasture incline
The Sheep Pasture incline
The Sheep Pasture incline
Cromford & Matlock
Cromford & Matlock
Future planning
Future planning
The steepest?
The steepest?
E50253 Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 (Power twin set with E50170)
E50253 Metropolitan-Cammell Class 101 (Power twin set with E50170)
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0: No3: Brian Harrison
Andrew Barclay 0-4-0: No3: Brian Harrison
with admirer
with admirer
A pullman lunch
A pullman lunch
Our Lady and St Teresa of Lisieux, Gorsey Bank
Our Lady and St Teresa of Lisieux, Gorsey Bank
Nearing our peak
Nearing our peak
Permissive!
Permissive!
Looking back down
Looking back down
Afternoon coffee
Afternoon coffee
Beggerswell Wood
Beggerswell Wood
Did I jump?
Did I jump?