Dovedale (Ashbourne Circular) walk
Through a pastoral landscape to the Peak District's most famous and scenic dale with its ravines, crags, pinnacles, arches and caves
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Thorpe Cloud and Bend in River by the Stepping Stones
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Thorpe Cloud from field above Izaak Walton Hotel
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View back down Hall Dale
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Viator's Bridge, Milldale
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Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale
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Raised Boardwalk, Dovedale
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Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill (1st walk recce in Jan 19)
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Ashbourne Tunnel
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View across Dove Valley from Callow Hill
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Bluebells in Hinchleywood
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Hazelton Clump from Spend Lane
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Thorpe, Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill, from near Broadlowash
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Wild Garlic, near St. Leonhard’s Church, Thorpe
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Wild Garlic and a Bluebell, near St. Leonhard’s Church, Thorpe
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House in Thorpe
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Thorpe Cloud, just before descent into Dovedale
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Thorpe Mill Farm, Ilam and the Manifold Valley
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The Cut between bases of Bunster Hill and Thorpe Cloud
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Thorpe Cloud from field beside Dove
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Millstones in banks of the Dove
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The ‘clud’ = mass of rock, at the base of Thorpe Cloud
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NT Info Kiosk at Thorpe Cloud
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Footbridge over the Dove at Thorpe Cloud
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Thorpe Pastures through cut between Thorpe Cloud and Bunster Hill
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Gash in the descending ridge of Bunster Hill: the alternative route goes through it
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Bunster Hill from Izaak Walton Hotel
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Road across the Manifold River towards Hazelton Clump
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The Ascent to Ilam Tops (straight, then up to the right)
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View across Dovedale from Ilam Tops
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View along Dovedale to Thorpe Cloud from Ilam Tops
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Bluebell and Moss
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Bluebells in Dovedale Wood
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Long Walk left, Main Walk right: on the banks of The Dove
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Up Hall Dale, Chasm ahead
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Chasm in Hall Dale
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Some Flower, Hall Dale
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View back down Hall Dale
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Dandelions in Field, near Church Farm, Stanshope
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Heart-Shaped Ivy, Church Farm, Stanshope
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Wetton Hill, from near Grove Farm, Stanshope
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Southerly Views from near Alstonefield
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Hills above Dovedale from near Alstonefield
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St. Peter’s Church, Alstonefield
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View towards Mill Dale from field above Milldale
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Drystone Wall Pattern left of field above Milldale
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Viator's Bridge and Milldale Hamlet
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Path beside The Dove
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Upper Dovedale
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Limestone Crags and Slope, Upper Dovedale
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Dove Holes, Upper Dovedale
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Bluebells, Dovedale
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Ilam Rock and Footbridge, Dovedale
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Engineered Causeway , Dovedale
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Stream out of a Trial Mine, Dovedale
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Dovedale
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Reynard's Cave, Dovedale
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Ducks in The Dove
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Weir in The Dove
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Tissington Spires, Dovedale
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Lover's Leap, Dovedale
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Little Island in The Dove
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Thorpe Cloud and Bend in River by the Stepping Stones
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The Stepping Stones, Dovedale
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The Stepping Stones across the River Dove, Dovedale
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Dovedale Upstream near The Stepping Stones
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Spring gushing out of the base of Thorpe Cloud into Cress Beds, Lin Dale
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Lin Dale
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Thorpe Cloud from top of Lin Dale
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Backview to Thorpe Pastures and Cloud from top of road
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Clouds, from The Old Dog, Thorpe
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