Dove Dale - Peak District Walk
Tuesday 17th January 2006
Today's walk was planned as a gentle stroll through Dove Dale to help me recover from yesterdays painful trip to the dentist. Dove Dale, which is the first place I ever remember walking in as a child, was peaceful and I often found myself walking alone. What stood out today was the amazing rock formations that can be seen throughout the dale, all the more obvious because the trees are bare at the moment. I hadn't planned to go to the top of Thorpe Cloud but having sat looking at it whilst I ate my sandwiches the temptation to go up it from Lin Dale was too great (it was only a short climb after all) and the views were certainly worth it.
Start: Alsop Station car park (SK 1559 5481)
Route: Alsop Station - Milldale - Dove Dale - Lin Dale - Thorpe Cloud - Thorpe - Tissington Trail - Alsop Station
Distance: 10 miles Ascent: 518 metres Time Taken: 4 hrs 45 mins
Weather: Overcast with some sunny spells.
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
The river Dove is in full flow from the bridge at Milldale.
Baley Hill is the first significant feature that greets you as you enter Dove Dale.
The first of many rocky outcrops, this is Ravens Tor.
From the entrance to Dove Holes you can see why this part of the Peak District is called the White Peak.
Ilam Rock................
........ and opposite it Pickering Tor.
The natural arch high above Dove Dale.
Tissington Spires.
Thorpe Cloud from Dove Dale.
The Stepping Stones that cross the river Dove.
Looking back down Lin Dale from Thorpe Pastures.
Thorpe Cloud from Lin Dale, the point at which I simply had to stand on top of it.
Thorpe Cloud's summit with Derbyshire disappearing into the distance.
Dove Dale can be clearly made out from the summit of Thorpe Cloud.
The Tissington Trail often seems to be never ending, especially when there are no leaves or flowers to be seen.
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