Monsal Trail - Grindleford to Buxton (★★★★★)
Today the plan is to walk the Monsal Trail to see if it is indeed worth all the hype. Access to the trail by public transport requires a bit of logistical planning - but in the end I came up with a plan to start at Gindleford, head down to Chatsworth House, and then cut along to Bakewell - where I could join the Monsal Trail (although it properly starts a bit before Bakewell). From here I can simply follow that trail - and then continue on to Buxton. And for this final stretch into Buxton, I plan to use the Midshires Way - and I will use this route into Buxton again when I walk the High Peak Trail. But for now our first task is to head by train to Grindelford - and then from here we drop down to meet up with the Derwent Valley Heritage Trail . And here we find a pretty, but still fairly wet, part of the world - where the people are friendly, and where everyone says hello on our way by. Heading out along the Derwent Valley Heritage Trail I have walked this route before, and a...
