Stoke Ford & Eyam Moor - Showers & Rainbows

Parked by the pub at Leadmills and set off up the Abney Road, taking a right-hand turn, then crossing the Highlow Brook and then up the fields past __________ (a very grand place) to arrive back on Abney Road.

View back across the fields to the old railway buildings in Hathersage

Rainbow over Win Hill

Heading up the field next to _________ (rooftops in view)

Another rainbow over Win Hill

 Rainbow over Hathersage

Almost immediately, we were off the road again and following a track past Tor Farm and along the valley  through Highlow Wood and then climbing up above Highlow Brook opposite Mill Wood.

Autumn colours

Climbing away from Highlow Brook

Looking back down the valley, Higgar Tor and Millstone Edge on the horizon

The view upstream, through to Abney Clough

We stopped in a sheltered spot for a bite to eat and a hot drink and then continued on to Stoke Ford, the meeting point of Highlow Brook and Bretton Brook.

Above Stoke Ford, looking up Abney Clough

Bretton Clough

From Stoke Ford, we turned south and climbed up parallel to Bretton Brook and the Clough, up onto the edge of Eyam Moor.

Looking back towards Hathersage across the lower slopes of Eyam Moor

Double rainbow over the Derwent Valley

Rain coming in from Kinder

View from Eyam Moor

We cut across the moor to the wall and followed it all the way across the moor to Sir William Hill Road and then back across another part of the moor to drop down past Leam and pick up the road to drop back down to Leadmills, with a brief detour across a field to Hazelford Hall.

Dropping down the field to Hazelford Hall

Hazelford Hall