Grindleford Café, it may be under new management but it ain’t changed that much so here are a few of the choice signs that have decorated the place over the years.
Grindleford we luv you
I was not sure who was going to turn up on this one if anybody at all so when Peri, Stuart & I arrived at Grindleford café I was pleasantly surprised to find 11 people waiting for us. The walk is that it’s basically a figure of eight so half way round you are very close to the starting point if the weather is bad or anyone wants to drop out & go to the pub. Anyhow it’s ideal for one of those days with short daylight around Xmas.
That other factor, the weather was behaving itself, ideal for a walk, dry, cold with light winds & a promise from the met office that it would clear later in the day.
Millstone Edge
We left the café well after 10.00 & set off up Padley Gorge past Lawencefield, Millstone a brief excursion to the top of Winwards Nick then onto Higgar Tor which we missed & had to take a little detour to get to.
A coffee break was requested near Burbage North & continued past Burbage South & the quarries.
Curbar Edge
The walk now passes through the Longshaw estate, at this point we are very close to the starting point. Nobody wanted to cut it short in fact it was the reverse we were racing round the circuit as we ascended White Edge had a quick lunch stop, as it was rather exposed here nobody wanted to linger.
So we continued along the edge to near Curbar Gap before we turning back for the final time and followed Curbar Edge, Froggatt Edge & descended back to Grindleford by traversing under Tegness Quarry. Once back at the café we decided to adjourn to the Fox House pub & have a quick drink before setting off home.
Another classic to finish with
Big thanks to Peri, Stuart, Janet, Jacquie, Allen, Adrian, Barj, Paul, Mark (PJ), Gem, Kate, Rob & of course Jesus for joining us, hope you all enjoyed the walk.