Peak Routes - Latest Comments

Re: Social Hiking – Peak District – Dark Peak Combi Map

m4rk — Tue, 22 Nov 2016 11:07:30 -0000

I can see that you've yet to do the high level circuit of Dovestone Reservoir and Chew Valley - it's an excellent walk, probably best done in summer to avoid the worst of the bog. I highly recommend it.

Re: Peak District – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

Dean Read — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 09:15:53 -0000

Agreed, I haven't seen them myself but I have seen the actual images people have posted.

Re: Peak District – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

Mark Jones — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 08:05:18 -0000

Good for you.

Unfortunately there are a few folk out there not so keen to keep the equilibrium. Winnats Pass is now a favourite location for flying drones and a place I avoid now which is a shame, I appreciate the appeal of the Drones especially when they are used correctly and with other "countryside enjoyers" in mind.

On a side note, I did the Ravens Tor wild camp this year, really enjoyed it, good shout! (its a tad steep though!)

Re: Peak District – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

Dean Read — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:15:24 -0000

I only ever take the drone out during the week when it's not busy, I'm very conscious of not getting in the way or ruining the experience for others :-)

Re: Peak District – Monsal Trail & The DJI Phantom 4

Mark Jones — Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:05:15 -0000

You can't beat a good walk through the peaceful, glorious Peak District, Not so keen on having a drone flying overhead though but that's just me.

Re: Front Page

Yot — Tue, 18 Oct 2016 15:58:52 -0000

Hi there, this is a wonderful site but how do you square your trips with the fact that it is prohibited to wild camp in the Peak District unless you have permission from a land owner? I'd love to try wild camping there but am a bit of afraid of the consequences...

Re: Peak District – Eyam Moor & Wet Withens Stone Circle

Lindsey Southam — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:21:45 -0000

Thanks so much :)

Re: Peak District – Eyam Moor & Wet Withens Stone Circle

Dean Read — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 02:18:07 -0000

Hi Lindsey, according to my GPS track log the route is 7.5 miles. Hope you enjoy the walk if you go. Dean

Re: Peak District – Eyam Moor & Wet Withens Stone Circle

Lindsey Southam — Mon, 26 Sep 2016 00:59:39 -0000

Hi roughly how many miles is this walk?

Re: Peak District – Winter Camp at Crookstone Knoll on Kinder Scout

Lee'sOutdoorBlog — Sat, 10 Sep 2016 07:21:55 -0000

Interesting that you find the Ultralite 1300 quite cold. I really rate that bag having used it all seasons for the past few years (and I don't even sleep in clothes!).

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Sandy Heys on Kinder Scout

Gordon Champion — Wed, 17 Aug 2016 06:05:14 -0000

This looks a cool route. Do you have a gpx file for your walk? or do you know the OS grid ref for where you camped. Many thanks.

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Axe Edge Moor

Disarms Fief — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:45:34 -0000

This looks great, did you need to ask permission to stay overnight?

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Axe Edge Moor

Disarms Fief — Tue, 16 Aug 2016 07:45:11 -0000

Hello. This looks wonderful! Did you need to book or ask permission to camp overnight?

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Edale Skyline Route

Take Heart — Thu, 14 Jul 2016 12:04:56 -0000

Hey thanks for the posting this!
I'm looking for a 2 day route in the Peak District for next weekend and this looks perfect - one question ; do you think it would be do-able to make this a circular route? I want to drop my car and get back to it by the end of day 2.
Any help would be grand - thanks :)

Re: Peak District – Kinder Scout – Crowden & Grindsbrook

Paisley Simpson — Fri, 24 Jun 2016 17:26:26 -0000

haha we did this on d of e yesterday, and accidentally went up the stream up these rocks when the river swung to the right instead of going up the plateau, which was quite terrifying.

Re: Peak District – Bleaklow

Dean Read — Wed, 15 Jun 2016 02:35:15 -0000

Hi, the water is drinkable but I'd definitely use a water filter as the streams come from the peat moorland so there is a lot of sediment in them. Check out the "Sawyer Mini" water filter, I've got one and it's perfect :-)

Re: Peak District – Kinder Scout – Jacob’s Ladder & The Official Summit

Sara — Mon, 30 May 2016 15:00:26 -0000

Hi Dean, Just back from the Peak District and fresh off Kinder. We were a little less equipped for this, thinking we could pick up a footpath from the OS map but we had no idea it was so remote up there and there was no sign of a footpath through the plateau. We made our way as best we could due South to pick up the edge of the plateau. It was beautiful but our slight panic sadly cut the walk short. I stumbled across your site and I just wanted to say what a fantastic selection of walks you have - a great resource for when we return next year. Thank you. Sara & Stuart Walsh.

Re: Peak District – Walking – Padley Gorge, Higger Tor & Millstone Edge

Sera — Mon, 30 May 2016 06:39:37 -0000

Great photos!!! Thank you for sharing. We will try this route next week :)

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Grindslow Knoll on Kinder Scout

Chasing Views — Wed, 25 May 2016 16:26:46 -0000

Hi Dean,

I've just started documenting my trips to the Peak District. I'm after some advice. I'might aware that you use your Canon for most videos, but when you use your Gopro for video, do you use a external mic, if so which type?

Feel free to view my last adventure.

http://www.chasingviews.co....

Kind regards

Ash

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Dovedale Tarp & Bivvy

Dean Read — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 16:49:09 -0000

Hi Harry, there are a few option for camping spots but I prefer the one we used in this video as its up and out the way. We were lucky to get the place to ourselves the following morning when we walked back to Ilam, it's very rare to see Dovedale empty :-)

Re: Peak District – Wild Camping – Dovedale Tarp & Bivvy

Harry — Sat, 16 Apr 2016 09:25:36 -0000

Nice one, Dean. I'm planning to walk from Ashbourne to Jedburgh in June, and I was looking around to see if camping was feasible in Dovedale, bearing in mind the crowds who are there in daytime. I should have known you'd been there, done it! Years ago, I used to sleep under the stars with some mates on the hills above Llangattock. No level ground, so we slept feet pointing downhill and were always interested to see who's slid furthest downhill in the night.

Re: Cromford Canal – Cromford to Langley Mill – History Walks

Tim Dawson — Sun, 13 Mar 2016 03:14:07 -0000

Hi Dean, just found you walk of the Cromford canal today and found it very interesting, I'll plan to do it myself someday but probably longer than 6 hours! At the Langley Mill end the canal takes a right turn and passes over the river Erewash and takes a route slightly different to the one you were on, you can still see some of the stonework on the path and the remnants of Limekiln lock, it then went under a bridge at the bottom of Stoney Lane (no longer there) and headed off for the basin at Langley Mill. You've probably had this info already but just thought I'd pass it on as you did ask in the video!

Re: Peak District – Kinder Scout – Jacob’s Ladder & The Official Summit

josephine dixon — Sat, 12 Mar 2016 12:26:28 -0000

thank you - this is a great post and your photographs have inspired me to get back up on kinder after some years away. even enjoyed ewan maccoll's manchester rambler, which i didn't know. never used viewranger before - going to try it. thanks lots.

Re: Peak District – Winter Camp at Crookstone Knoll on Kinder Scout

Jon Gibbons — Mon, 07 Mar 2016 09:05:56 -0000

Great videos Sir! Im back at hiking and wild camping after many years, your blog and videos are a great inspiration. I followed part of your Edale skyline route a few days ago, I went solo starting at Edale, upper Tor passing over Crookstone, through Hope Cross then a Wild Camp in Wooller Knoll (although finding a flat camping spot was a nightmare) I then headed down to Hope then up loose hill with a plan to continue to Mam Tor but the weather beat me to it. Had a fantastic time although the snow was shocking lol, thanks again, and keep up the fantastic blog - Jon

Re: Peak District – Monsal, Cressbrook, Tideswell & Miller’s Dale

simon — Fri, 04 Mar 2016 10:33:09 -0000

I did this walk last week, I really enjoyed walking through Miller's Dale which was quite eerie with fallen trees and moss covered rocks in a deep valley.

As an aside we stayed in Tideswell at the Horse and Jockey. I had a lovely steak and Stockton pie and the locals were very friendly.