There was a strong and
cold wind but plenty of sunshine so a complete change to yesterday's
weather. At Bank Top Farm we followed a farm track by the gate and
cattle grid which led upwards and at a bend on the track, we went
through a field gate which was marked with lots of blue paint and
followed posts and stiles also daubed with blue paint as we made our
way across fields and drystone walls with stiles until we arrived at
the top of an old dry valley in the pastureland where the public
rights of way formed a crossroads.
Following the path
leading rightwards, we crossed a minor road and continued on the path
on the other side which then dropped steeply down to the sharks tooth
of limestone rock at Pilsbury Castle which mirrored the shape of the
much larger Chrome Hill further in the distance.
We sat on the
sheltered side of the limestone crag and ate our snacks watching a
couple of kestrels hovering and swooping down higher up the pasture
land opposite where we had stopped.
Next we followed a
grassy track forming part of a bridleway and we could see several
springs flowing well after all the recent wet weather. The track
brought us to the same minor road we had been following earlier above
the lovely farmhouse of Broadmeadow Hall.
As the ground was so
wet and also Karen's back was twinging, rather than follow the
farmland route back to Hartington, we followed the minor road.
We passed and
interesting resurgence below the road issuing a lot of water into the
nearby River Dove and also what looked like an old adit at road level
on the other side of the road further along also spouting quite a bit
of water.
Soon we were back
where we had left the road earlier at Bank Top Farm and then retraced
our route back to Hartington.
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