Dovedale day 1

 Consulting the OS map I discovered that the old Ashbourne to Buxton railway line had been converted to a trail so i decided to walk up the track,  cut across to Dovedale and walk down  Dovedale back to the hotel

Leaving at 0900 I walked through Thorpe and joined the railway heading North. I had a slight diversion and walked round Tissington 

Leaving the Railway at Alsop I climbed up Nabs View and then descended the steep path down to Milldale for an Ice cream reward at the shop.

I then walked down Dovedale admiring the many caves and having a picnic at Lovers leap. The stepping stones were busy 

so I went towards the National Trust Car park which was packed. As i had come this far i decided to continue round the back of the Izaak Newton hotel and visit Ilam which was also busy. I decided to walk back across the fields on the south bank of the river on the Manifold Trail. which was empty. I crossed the river over the Colwall Bridge 

and walked through Thorpe on the way back to the hotel arriving at 1600

The total distance walked was 15.6 miles!