Walk in the Goyt Valley, Peak District

A shorter walk today. We drove the short distance from Buxton to the Goyt Valley and parked in
the car park near Errwood Reservoir. The small reservoir was quite choppy due to the cold wind blowing and we walked along the road on the top of the dam and after a short distance followed a path leading across a grassy field. Soon we arrived at a track following one side of the
reservoir, passing an old lime kiln, and we followed this towards the end of the valley at one end and then crossed over to the opposite side. The path climbed a short distance away from the
valley and passed through a gap in a gritstone dry stone wall.
Soon the ground got wetter and boggier and there were sections of raised wooden walkways which were installed to help prevent erosion which greatly assisted passing this section. The path then dropped down into another small valley with a small brook crossed by and old packhorse bridge. There was a plaque on the bridge saying that it had been relocated to this position after the area where it had been had been flooded to form the reservoir. Karen and I stopped by the bridge next to the brook to have a couple of sandwiches. After our lunch, we followed up the short steps to the quiet road leading from the car park by an old quarry and followed this back towards the car park. On the way we bumped into Jess Eades who we know from the Orpheus Caving Club. Jess was on walk also in the Goyt Valley from her home in Buxton. Soon we were back at the car and set off for home after a pleasant, if short, walk.