Ashover
Our April walk started from Ogston Reservoir, not far from Brackenfield and Wessington, on the way to Matlock. After a very muddy walk last month, we had near perfect conditions on a sunny day. This walk may prove to be our most strenuous of the year, and after passing the sailing club we climbed quite steeply, until we were overlooking the Amber valley. Our coffee stop overlooked the abandoned workings of Milltown Quarry, one of a number in the Peak District, and we decided that it was probably millstone grit, rather than the limestone found to the south. Further on, we had a go at ‘guess the house price’ again, after our efforts last year near Grindleford and Hathersage, and research later found that we were quite close with our estimates.
We passed very few other walkers, so had to resort to a selfie for our usual group photo. We also noted that we hadn’t seen any sheep or cattle anywhere, although we did see occasional building work. A quiz question on a sign post, about the link between Ogston sailing club and Sydney Harbour Bridge found us resorting to the power of AI at the end of our walk.
Many thanks to Kevin Varey for researching this walk, which we all thoroughly enjoyed. Our next walk will be on Monday 18th May; new members are always welcome, just use the tab on our website page.
John Tedstone
