7 January 2007
A bit Code and Wet at Carsington
Posted by Dexter M under: Uncategorized .
Since the weather looked briefly OK this morning, we decided to go for a walk from Carsington Water up to Longcliffe (on the High Peak Trail) via Brassington. Unfortunately, the weather did not stay good, and we got soaked. It was still a good walk though, and a route I’d like to take again on a clearer day.
We parked up at the smaller car park on the edge of Carsington Water that’s nearest to Carsington village. Then walked through the picturesque village of Carsington up a plodgy muddy path onto Carsington Pasture. On the way we met a local bloke who told us of the (literally) thousands of partialy hidden dis-used lead-mine shafts up on the Pasture and how idiot Off-Roaders had used the area, and re-opened a number of them. As a result people had lost dogs and other animals down them. Thankfully the off-roaders and their 4×4s have been banished for now, so we had a peaceful, if increasely walk up over the pasture to Brassington.
In Brassington, we stopped at the cosey (and pretty busy) Miner’s Arms for a “light” lunch - a quality beef baguette with actual hand cut a very tasty chips! Stuffed once again!
From there we slogged across to the High Peak Trail - realtively free of mud, almost entirely deserted, but pretty exposed in places. Very atmospheric though - passing various quarrying sites and works in varying states of repair. Then evtually back over Carsington Pasture down into the village of Carsington again.
Not a massive distance, but enough for today’s grim weather.