Hi there everyone 😀
We are currently tucked up in the lodge in North Wales being buffeted by storm Debi and it seems a long time ago now … but back at the beginning of September we had a glorious warm sunny day and I just had a craving for ice cream and paddling.
There was only one place near enough that would fit the bill so we jumped in the car and headed for Milldale in The Peak District.
About an hour later and we were parked up by the river in Milldale marvelling at the feathery cloud formations above …
Milldale is a lovely little Peak District village. It’s sits right beside the River Dove with just a few pretty stone cottages …
… including Polly’s Cottage … which does the best ice cream ever …
We soon found a bench with a view and availed ourselves of Polly’s services …
You can paddle here but it’s a bit of steep step down into the water so we just had a very short walk over the Viator’s Bridge …
… before heading for my favourite spot for paddling at Wetton Mill …
It’s another lovely little spot … this time on the River Manifold. There’s a very nice cafe with seating by the river which has been a very welcome resting spot over the years …
The last time I went here for a paddle I went into the river on the far side of the bridge and paddled under the bridge and right along to the slope in front of the cafe. This time I was feeling less confident and the steep step down to the river and rocky river bed made me very cautious. I literally just had a quick dip of my toes in by the slope … I must be getting old …
Disappointed with my paddling attempts so far there was only one thing for it … the ford … assuming there was any water in it. I got lucky …
Having now ticked everything off of my ‘to do’ list there was just one more stop off we needed to make before heading for home …
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What a lovely day out. Hope this comment appears and I do read all my blogs, but can't always comment. Any replies now come to my email address as subsystem errors, so need a computer geek someday to help with all this. Thanks for sharing, take care & hugs.
ReplyDeleteIt was a lovely day Susan. Sorry you are having problems commenting but lovely to hear from you and to know you are still reading. There are definitely some odd things happening with blogger at the moment. Take care 💜
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