Todays walk in detail

We had a great turnout for the walk [21] on a day when the temperature was much less oppressive. Setting out from Calver we walked alongside the river before reaching Bubnell. Then our journey involved crossing a number of fields, including one with a glorious display of cornflowers, and up the road to the village of Pilsley. The coffee break was taken at the "Pilsley Arms" now re-named presumably to avoid confusion for the postman having to distinguish between what were the  three "Devonshire Arms" in close proximity to each other. This is a beautiful pub and welcome refreshments were taken here. From here we walked through woods to Hassop, here having to carefully negotiate a dangerous right-angle bend. Having climbed the road from Hassop we eventually reached the small hamlet of Rowland, after a slight detour as the farmer seemed to have done his best to confuse us by obliterating the path when the field was harvested. Our lunch break was taken in a field just off the road that led towards Deep Rake Quarry. At the top of the hill we could just make out Chatsworth House in the distance. Our journey then took us down quite a steep incline and back into Calver. The "Calver Arms" provided us with our deserved refreshments after what had been a very enjoyable walk with great company. Sitting outside in the sunshine we admired the array of classic cars returning from the show at Chatsworth. Many thanks to all of you for coming on the walk, Tracey for leading, and to Roy for acting as backmarker.