Longshaw / Carl Wark / Higger Tor (circular) - Derbyshire - 18/10/20 - 5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Frida conquers Carl Wark and prepares for the ascent of Higger Tor.

Alnmouth (Circular) - Northumberland - 07/10/20 - 4 Miles - Helen (Frida)

The 1864 Duchess Bridge.

Oh - those telegraph poles !

The tide is definately out, back on Alnmouth beach.

Dunstanburgh castle (out and back and visit) - Northumberland - 06/10/20 - 4 Miles - Helen (Frida)

How a castle in Northumberland ought to look.

Photobombing is neither big nor clever.

Dog and owner in discussion at the beach.

Cragside (circular and other loops) - Northumberland - 05/10/20 - 4 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Always handy to have a map

The house itself.

Frida as always is anxious to get moving.

White Edge / Froggatt Edge (circular) - Derbyshire - 27/09/20 - 5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Helen and Frida moan that I take too long to take pictures with my phone.

Hurkling Stone / Lady's Cross (circular) - Derbyshire - 19/09/20 - 5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Frida tries out the Hurkling Stone for size.

Chesterfield (Trans Pennine) Circular - 10/09/20 - 10 Miles

My new (mini) rucksack gets its first outing.

The Roaches (figure of 8) - Staffordshire - 16/07/20 - 7.5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Helen and Frida enjoy the view.

I do my best (but slightly under the weather, and no it isn't).

Frida enjoys her visit to (Luds) Church.

Curbar and Baslow (circular) - Derbyshire Peak District - 11/07/20 - 6.5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Helen makes it up onto Curbar Edge.

One man and his dog.

Beeley / Chatsworth (circular) - Derbyshire - 21/05/20 - 5.5 Miles - Helen (Frida)

I am sure that sign is new.

Frida does her best wolf impression.

Hollymoorside / Chander Hill (Circular) - Derbyshire - 4 Miles - 18/05/20 - Helen (Frida)

Two reasons for this picture. 1 - To show that there are still bluebells to be found. 2 - To showcase a photo from my new Nokia camera (normal Kodak service resumes in the next blog post)

Old Brampton / Linacre Reservoir (circular) - Derbyshire - 16/05/20 - 8 Miles - Helen (Frida)

Me and Helen maintain strict social distancing.

Frida wonders what all the fuss is about.

Longshaw / Carl Wark / Higger Tor / Burbage Rocks (circular) - Derbyshire (Peak District) - 09/03/20 - 6.25 Miles - Helen (Frida)

So introducing (slightly later than intended) our new edition to the family, Frida the border collie.

Whilst wistfully reminiscing about the pre-lockdown world we all lived in when this was taken.

Longshaw / Carl Wark / Higger Tor / Burbage Rocks (circular) - Derbyshire (Peak District) - 07/09/19 - 6.25 Miles - Helen

Is that Higger or Carl ?

Helen includes both in her picture.

Birchen Edge (circular) - Derbyshire (Peak District) - 21/07/19 - 4.25 Miles - Helen

Unimaginative picture won.

Unimaginative picture too.

Tideswell (circular via Tansley, Cressbrook, Millers, Monsal, Highdale and Tideswell Dales) - 22/06/19 - 8.5 Miles - Helen and B dog

It's Well Dressing season.

Some light and shade in the Peak

B tells me off for losing her stick.

Helen stands around looking pretty.

I trek through another dale.

No trouble at Mill's.

We were too far away from Monsal to get an ice cream.

Helen finds a new pet, leaving B with her nose out of joint.

Grindsbrook Clough / Jacobs Ladder (circular) - 01/06/19 - 8 Miles - Helen

Nice and easy before the scramble up Grindsbrook Clough.

Helen wading through a sea of rocks.

There are some funny looking rocks up on Kinder.

I said there are some funny looking rocks up on Kinder.

Lots of nice scenery.

The funny thing was, we already thought we had descended Jacobs Ladder.

And then we realised that we hadn't.

North Wingfield to Stone Edge (Chesterfield Round Walk: - 26/05/19 - 6.5 Miles - Helen

Can anyone see the Chesterfield Round Walk symbol in this picture ?

Still some bluebells around.

Hardwick (Circular) - 18/05/19 - 4.5 Miles - Helen

The Oak Walk.

You don't have to look at the map, it's the Oak Walk!

Helen enjoys taking pictures of mangled wood.

Stanage Edge / Hathersage (Circular) - 11/05/19 - 9 Miles - Helen +B

B dog makes her way up from the Dennis Knoll car park.

And then the heavens opened.

And got dry again before we ran into some scary cows.

There'll be bluebells over the ..........

Tried to show the dog some history ...... oh what's the point.