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Calton Pastures - Peak District Walk
Wednesday 18th June 2014
I have previously walked sections of Calton Pastures but never managed to find the trig point, today when I certainly wasn't looking for it I finally found it.
Start: Calton Lees car park (SK 2589 6858)
Route: Calton Lees car park - Calton Houses - Edensor - Calton Pastures (TP) - Rowsleymoor Wood - Rowsley - Derwent Valley Heritage Way - Calton Pastures car park
Distance: 8.75 miles Ascent: 391 metres Time Taken: 5 hours
Terrain: Vague paths across Calton Pastures
Weather: Sunny
Pub Visited: None Ale Drunk: None
![Lees Wood Lees Wood](2014-06-18/path.jpg)
Following the path alongside Lees Wood to Calton Houses.
![Rabbit Warren Rabbit Warren](2014-06-18/rabbit.jpg)
Climbing to Calton Houses and Rabbit Warren comes into view.
![Falling Edge Falling Edge](2014-06-18/falling edge.jpg)
To the right of Rabbit Warren Falling Edge is also in view.
![Manners Wood Manners Wood](2014-06-18/manners wood.jpg)
Manners Wood on the other side of the valley will be visited later in the walk.
![Chatsworth Chatsworth](2014-06-18/chatsworth.jpg)
Looking across the grounds of Chatsworth House the edges come into view.
![Chatsworth House Chatsworth House](2014-06-18/house.jpg)
After passing Maud's Plantation Chatsworth House comes into view.
![Curbar Edge Curbar Edge](2014-06-18/edges.jpg)
Having left Edensor Curbar and Froggatt Edges come back into view.
![](2014-06-18/pond.jpg)
Crossing Calton Pastures was challenging as the path disappeared in the long grass.
![Calton Pastures Calton Pastures](2014-06-18/calton pastures.jpg)
The next section proved no easier as I headed up towards the copse of trees on the horizon.
![Calton Pastures trig Calton Pastures trig](2014-06-18/trig.jpg)
Losing the path did mean I finally located Calton Pastures trig point,
it was hidden behind a copse of trees.
![Harland Edge Harland Edge](2014-06-18/view.jpg)
My lunchtime view was across the valley to Rabbit Warren and Harland Edge.
![Swiss Cottage Swiss Cottage](2014-06-18/swiss cottage.jpg)
Swiss Cottage and the Hunting Tower are also in view.
![Rowsley Rowsley](2014-06-18/rowsley.jpg)
Leaving Rowsleymoor Wood the view across the valley now includes Rowsley and on the horizon Riber Castle is visible.
![Stanton Moor Stanton Moor](2014-06-18/stanton.jpg)
Stanton Moor is also visible as I head down to Rowsley and a series of fields with cows and calves in them.
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