Thursday May 4th

Sir William Hill from Eyam

We decided to take another walk from "Day Walks in the Peak District" and, not wanting to travel too far, we chose one based from Eyam. Jacinta had already found The Village Green Café and we stopped for an excellent cup of Dark Woods coffee and a fresh scone and croissant. 

After the obligatory picture at the museum, we set off in the reverse direction to our last walk here- towards Stoney Middleton via the boundary stone.

No visit complete without this photo

Stoney is more than just climbing, as we found last time we passed though. The 15th century church was being used as a polling station as it was the day of the local elections.

Multi-function church

Main body of church rebuilt as hexagon in 1757 after a fire

We had a view of Froggatt Edge with its pinnacle as we walked down towards the River Derwent.
Froggatt Edge with pinnacle centre right

After reaching the Derwent, it was a relatively short walk along the Derwent Valley Heritage Way until we reached Froggatt Bridge.
Froggatt Bridge

We crossed the bridge and continued to follow the Heritage Way for five kilometers or so, stopping to admire the sheep and their lambs, who seemed quite content to observe us without bothering to run away.
Can't be bothered, we're not bothered.

We stopped for lunch, during which Jacinta played Pooh Sticks with her nalgene water bottle. Preventing access seemed only to be token gestures, with fences and styles having been very neglected.
Every which way but loose

What is supporting what?

We left the Heritage Way at Leadbridge and passed the north edge of Eyam Moor, before turning back south towards Sir William Hill; this time, we only crossed the Sir William Hill Road whereas last time we had walked along it for a mile or so. Finally, we descended the very uneven "Byway Open to All Traffic" before arriving back at the museum car park.
10.8 miles, 470m ascent, c.6 hours.

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