Eyam Moor

After parking on the eastern end of the rough track which passes below Sir William Hill on the southern end of Eyam Moor, we followed the rough vehicle track in the surprisingly warm sun listening to the skylarks flying overhead.

It certainly was a lovely Spring day with blue skies and loads of sun and we next walked along a track branching off to the right and then followed a Public Footpath passing through the drive of a house and along one side of the house and onto some pastrureland.

The footpath led tot he side of the Bretton Brook valley and we sat here for a short break while we had a drink and looked at the views across an down the valley watching the gliders flying after taking off from the nearby gliding club.

After dropping steeply down one side of the valley, we then followed a path rising up the other side of the valley and soon reached the hamlet of Abney.

Our route tool us through a metal gate at the top of Abney Clough and we took advantage of a lovely spot to sit and eat lunch.

Afterwards the path led down through woods passing many wood ants nests with the ants busy in the warm weather, until we arrived at Stoke Ford.

From here, we crossed a footbridge then followed the rising path on the opposite side of Bretton Clough eventually arriving at one of the walls surrounding Eyam Moor.

After crossing the wall via a stile, we followed a path through the heather along another wall leading to the south east until we were back where we had started from.

Busy Wood Ants