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Leslie Hurley's Journal During the year we did two long weekends and five weekends Rambling Diary 1928 (sleeping in barns). Three six thirty fives. LW Hurley About October the party broke up leaving J Snellings, G Applewhite, Notes and Photos of Rambles during the 1928 season Lol Hurley, Les Hurley. Lol Hurley formed the Bloodhound Club. Feb 18th 1928 bought Including Mendal, Bob Everson, H Buckley, George Treeston. New Burgon Norwegian Rucksack, a new compass & cord shorts Rambling 1928 Suggestions for Holidays Easter & Whitsuntide New Years Day (Sunday) rambled to Kinder Downfall in snow and ice. The Downfall was frozen there was a bad fog, back by way of Hollings Cross to Castleton. Easter – Coates Valley & Dane Valley Buxton by Chinley (late train). Sunday 8th Jan A long weekend. Six of us went to Buxton (Bill Hazell, G Applewhite, Lol Hurley, Bob Everson, Harold Buckley, Les Hurley). Whitsuntide:- Bob & Bill rode to Peak Forest by bus on way back but the remaining four walked Buxton, Hartington, over tops to Manifold Valley, Thors Cave, to Ilam back to Castleton in record time (one & three quarter hours) 1 ¾ hours. Hall back by way of Dovedale & Beesford Sunday 15th Jan Dale and Harrow Dale to Hartington & Buxton. Les & George to Buxton the rest to Hathersage. nd Notes on 1927 Sunday 22 Jan Train to Edale. Grindlesbrook Crowden Head (2,080 ft) Porters Chapel, Ashop Clough, Featherbed Moss. Snake Road, Doctors Gate, Bleaklow, Glossop. Back by Started in early March (Les Hurley, H Wise, G Applewhite). path over Featherbed to the Downfall, path to Jacobs Ladder. Fields to Edale. Time in Easter – A party of 22 went rambling to Bretton. Out of these twelve Glossop 1.35pm. Back in Edale 6.15 (Compass). Party of five. Leader Sid Robinson. started a rambling club. Very wet, deep in mud. They were: - th H Wise, E Hartley, G Applewhite, R Rowland, A Holey, L Briggs, B Sunday 12 Feb 28 Hazell, EL Coates, Lol Hurley, Albert Charles, Les Hurley, Bill Lee. Train to Hope. Rambled over Lower side of Win Hill across Roman Road on to At Whitsuntide Croockston Nowle on to Kinder Scout across Blagden Clough down to Blagden Farm Albert Charles dropped out, Dick Wild and Jack Snelling came in for dinner. making the party thirteen who rambled to Buxton for the first time. After dinner up Ashop Clough as far as the Firegrate, a stiff climb in deep snow on to Kinder, seven minutes to reach the Downfall, down Crowden Brook Clough, over Back by way of the Dales. E Coates Lol Hurley H Wise, E Hartley, G Mam Tor Road and down the Winnatts to Castleton for tea. Applewhite, R Rowland, A Holey, L Briggs, B Hazell J Snellings Dick Conditions Wild Les Hurley Bill Lee. Four & half foot of snow on Kinder. Hard going. Time Half past eleven at Blagden. 1 st week in July Quarter past six Castleton. Party of seven. Leader Sid Robinson. Nine (E Hartley, H Wise, B Rowland, L Briggs, A Holey, J Snellings, Sat & Sunday 18 th & 19 th Feb 28. Lol Hurley, G Applewhite, Les Hurley) went for a week’s holiday to Set off Saturday afternoon by the two twenty two to Hope for Buxton by Cave Dale & Buxton. During the week we rambled to Manifold Valley via Lognor, Peak Forest where we caught the 4.55 bus for Buxton arrived 5.30 approx. went to the Warslow as far as Thors Cave and back through Beresford Dale Peak at night (not so bad). Had a walk round next morning near Solomon’s Temple Narrow Dale and Hartington. We also visited Goytes Valley and the the rest of the boys came over. Left about 3.30 said goodbye to Leonard, arrived in “Cat and the Fiddle”. the Castleton about 5.30 for tea. Such beautiful weather fine conditions. Party of three for weekend George, Bob & Les. Lol & rest came through Dales. Cheadale was Redhurst Crossing, Thor’s Station & Thor’s cave, on to Weags Bridge Halt, by Wetton flooded. the river starts to disappear & by Thor’s has gone altogether at Beeston Tor we had Sunday 4 th March 28 dinner. At Beeston station we leave the railway and go down the Manifold which is Train to Grindleford from there along river to Froggatt & Caver, Baslow & Chatsworth now a dried up bed and the country on either side is very thick woods at Ilam the House & Park and back to Baslow for dinner. In the afternoon back to Caver on to river reappears at Thorpe Cloud we start up Dovedale passing Castle Cave, The twelve Stoney Middleton, Eyam on to top of Sir William Hill across Eyam Moors to Apostles, Lovers Leap, Jacobs Ladder, Tissington Spires, Reynard’s Cave, Ilam Rock, Hathersage. Beautiful day. Photographic Ramble. Just Little Bob & Myself. Pickering Cave & Hurst Wood to Dove Holes, by Halldale & Nabs Dale passed Ravens Sunday 25 th March 28 Tor to Milldale for tea. After we passed the bottom of Biggin Dale & Drabber Tor & on Train to Grindleford, walk to Chatsworth along the river on to Edensor village and up Wolfcote Dale on into Beresford Dale passed the Pike Pod & Rock on into church over to the top of the park Colton Meadows past Dorothy Vernon steps past Hartington for supper & bed. Haddon Hall past an old tower with underground passages; on to Alport for dinner Left Hartington Monday morning by ten following the course of the Dove River (20 minutes) 12.15 up the river Alport through a village the name of Youlgreave on to passing Earl Sterndale passing up Dowel Dale with Parkhouse Hill on one hand and Middleton Dale with river Dove running through it back to Youlgreave from there on Chrome Hill on the other into High Edge. Passed Stocker Hill into Buxton for dinner. to Lathhill Dale just missing Monyash and going up to Over Haddon from there on to From Buxton by way of Peak Forest into Cave Dale for Castleton for tea. Back by train Ashford in the Water across the bridges by the Lake up through woods to Great from Hope. Beautiful weather not a drop of rain. Distance about eighty miles. Leading Longstone over country to Longstone Edge across to Hay Dale and down into Stoney – myself. Middleton Dale on to Froggatt for tea 6.15pm on to Grindleford for train home. Conditions Fine & warm but cloudy. Party of Seven. Distance about 32 mile. We past Sunday 15 th April 28 Bakewell within a quarter of a mile. Leader myself. Very cold & snowing all day. Train to Grindleford walked along river through Sunday 18th march (missed out by mistake) Froggatt, Caver, Burbmell, and Baslow to Chatsworth back to Baslow for dinner, back Train to Hope. to Caver to Stoney Middleton, Eyam and Hathersage. Party of five. Leading – LWH. Walked over Win Hill slopes to Hope Cross up to Crookston Noal past “Mad Woman’s Stones down to Blackden Farm for dinner. Sunday 22 nd April 28 Back over the Roman Road to the summit of Win Hill down further side to the old Took tramcar to Fullwood walked past Redmires to Stanage Pole on to Stanage Edge railway track along to Bamford to Hathersage for tea. A fine day. Took Miss B. down to the Old Castle of the Eyres in the wood to Hathersage over Leadmill Bridge Damms. up passed Hillow Hall on to Bretton Clough to the Barrel Inn for dinner. After we Sunday 1 st April 28 carried on up the Bradwell Edge down and up the other end of Bretton Clough across Train to Grindleford. Walk to Stoney Middleton, Coombs Dale, High Rake, Longstone a part of Abney Moors into Abney Hamlet on down Hillow Brook & woods to Stoney Edge to Cressbrook Dale to Monsal Dale back along to Littonslack to Litton Mill so on Ford through the woods and on to Leadmill Bridge back into Hathersage for tea. After to Millers Dale for dinner. tea we walked on over the C through Whitely Wood to Fullwood & home. Very nice After dinner up Monks Dale into Peter’s Dale, Hay Dale, Dam Dale & Peak Forest up weather. Party of four. Loo out again. Saw Edges in Hathersage walk home with us. Oxlow Rake over Old Moor, down Cave Dale to Castleton for tea. Back by train from Leading LWH. Hope. Leading. Party of five, much rain in afternoon. Sunday 29 th April 1928 Train to Bamford. Walk down from Bamford up the old railway track to Ashopton and Derwent on to the first dam. Then climb up Cuzelden Clough on to Birchin Pasture over to Alport Castles & tower down Alport Dale to Snake Road & Blackenden Easter Saturday Farm for dinner. In the afternoon over the Roman Road across Win Hill slopes to Loo, Bob, George, Arthur & myself met caught the eight o’clock bus to Bakewell. Hope for tea. Walked from there over Haddon fields to Alport up Lathkill Dale to Over Haddon for Loo out again also Bill Lee. Party of seven – Lol leader. 6 of the old crowd. Harry dinner. Wise & Jack both motorbike. Up the dale in to Cale Dale to Cale’s farm onto the Long rake to Arbor Low. Across Middleton Common to Green Lane to Hartington station down Hand Dale into Hartington. Put up at the Devonshire Arms (5/ bed and breakfast). Lol came next morning. We set off to Hulme End for the Manifold Valley. Keeping to the river most of the time we passed Ecton Halt (Ecton Copper mine) Butterton Halt, Wetton Mill, Sunday 6 th May 1928 (Little Jack died from accident on cycle after unconscious a week).
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