The first of the reinstated, two-day Derbyshire Weekend walks started in the Calton Lees car park and took seven of us up to Calton Houses and through New Piece Wood before descending through Edensdor to the River Derwent and Queen Mary's Tower. |
| Calton Houses |
 |
| Chatsworth House |
 |
| Fine cottage in Edensor |
 |
| St Peter's Church, Edensor |
 |
| Paine’s Three Arch Bridge (1761) over the Derwent, based on Italian prototypes |
 |
| Queen Mary's Tower |
After one of many stops for water on this very hot day, the group headed across the Park to see the Burning Man Sculptues ...
 |
| Chatsworth's Radical Horizons: The Art of Burning Man multimedia exhibition celebrates art from Burning Man, the legendary annual festival of artists in Nevada's Black Rock Desert, featuring dramatic, vibrant sculptures and structures |
... and Queen Victoria's Jubilee Rock commemorating her Golden Jubilee in June 1887 ...
... before finding a safe route up to and along Dobb Edge to reach the Hunting Tower for lunch. |
| Hunting Tower - lunch stop |
Two members took a direct route down past Chatsworth House and along the Derwent to Calton Lees whilst the remainers carried on through woodland towards Beeley Moor.A sharp descent down through Beeley Plantation ... ... and beside Beeley Brook led to the Devonshire Arms for refreshments. A short walk then took us over the line of the (underground) Derwent Aqueduct ...
 |
| Relief valves connected to the aqueduct to prevent damage due to pressure surges |
... to Paine's One Arch Bridge (1760), with views upstream of the paddlers in the Derwent shallows, and back to Calton Lees. |
| 10.5 miles |
