... from Ambergate Station to Crich and the Amber Valley and ten miles and 930m of climbing (and descending) later eight tired bodies returned.
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| Ambergate Station looking up the Derwent Valley |
... and along the Cromford Canal ...
... before climbing up through Crich to the Beacon, built in 2002 to celebrate the Queen's Golden Jubilee.
... back to the more industrial part of Ambergate, in particular the site of the now demolished Stevenson's Dye Works. The factory was constructed by the Stevenson family in the late 19th Century and provided employment to many people in Ambergate and the surrounding area. At its peak in the 1970s the factory employed almost 1500 people.
The photograph below shows the cleared site and what (I think) is a branch of the Derwent Valley Aqueduct which supplies Nottingham with water from Ladybower. The DVA is a 200km network of pipes and tunnels and is linked to Severn Trent's new Ambergate Reservoir which sits close to where we walked, on a hill above the town. This is a major construction project to build the second largest covererd reservoir in Europe. Follow the link to the video - it's worth watching if you are that way inclined.
The photograph below shows the cleared site and what (I think) is a branch of the Derwent Valley Aqueduct which supplies Nottingham with water from Ladybower. The DVA is a 200km network of pipes and tunnels and is linked to Severn Trent's new Ambergate Reservoir which sits close to where we walked, on a hill above the town. This is a major construction project to build the second largest covererd reservoir in Europe. Follow the link to the video - it's worth watching if you are that way inclined.
