We woke up to blue skies and temperatures into the high twenties. It would have been criminal not to go for a walk, so we chose this, following two river valleys near Bakewell. The walk began with a steepish decent from the car park to the river Lathkill (always worrying, going downhill at the start), but from there on was fairly flat. The river bank path was glorious, if a little nettley, and the water was so clear you could see the fish swimming in the pools. The wooded sections of the walk provided some refreshing shelter on such a hot day, and the final uphill slog only made the ice-cream all the more enjoyable! (N.B. there are many squeezer stiles on this walk, which we found awkward to pass through with a papoose.)

Looking back along the river Lathkill

The crystal clear waters of the Lathkill

Raper Lodge with it's leaded windows was used in the film version of D.H. Lawrence's The Virgin and the Gypsy.

An old pack horse bridge leads to Youlgreave over the River Bradford

The village water tank in Youlgreave

A look back at Youlgreave before making the return leg to Over Haddon.