Sunday's walk was published as a testing 12-miler with tight time constraints but a complex combination of circumstances led to drastic changes; the leader's Mum was taken into hospital, our spiritual guide Les had to have lunch with his family (son's birthday), Stuart was missing presumed lost, so that just left Nick with some knowledge of the area and he had had no intention of doing the full walk anyway.

So we settled for a gentle if slippery walk from Monyash down through Lathkilldale to Over Hadden where we took refreshments at the lovely Lathkilldale hotel - gorgeous views over the dale, log fire, flagged floor and real ales - not to mention the excellent lunch we had no time for.

Useful information on the history, geology, flora and fauna of the dale can be found at http://www.cressbrook.co.uk/features/lathkill.php

When we left the hotel, Marion gloated that she knew the way back to Bakewell (Nick having got lost twice before)and regrettably proved to be correct, which meant we had more time than expected in the town before the bus came allowing us to buy Bakewell Pudding and further refreshments in The Peacock.

A lovely leisurely day out.