About two miles up the valley we came to Pilsbury Castle, an ancient motte and bailey, where we planned to stop for lunch. The outcrop on the right is natural with the earthworks to the left and also across the other side of the River Dove, which at this point is little bigger than a stream.
The top photo also shows Chrome Hill in the distance, where we walked back in January.
After our sandwiches, we headed down to the bottom of the valley and crossed the Dove at a ford, which luckily also has a foot bridge, a huge wooden beam laid from one side to the other.
I was really surprised at the height of the debris that was caught in the bushes alongside the water, in places it was three feet above the current water level. I know we had a lot of rain in January, but I hadn't realised just how much.
From the bottom of the valley we trudged right up the far side to the road. We turned back towards Hartington and followed the ridge to a small pine wood and then dropped steeply back down to the valley floor, crossed back over the river and back to Hartington.
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