The Peak District,Derwent dams and Alport castles

I got off at Bamford station again but this time I arrived 2 hours earlier to enable me to go up the Derwent valley to Fairholmes before heading off to Alport castles which is the setting for one of the the largest landslide areas in the country.

A farm on the side of the Derwent valley under Derwent edge.
The ladybower reservoir looking over one of the overflow plugholes.

Derwent dam which was where the Dambusters practiced their bombing raids during WWII.
After a good walk uphill and along the ridge of the valley I eventually came across Alport castles. This is the view approaching the tower which is the central remaining pillar of the landslide.

The view of the tower from above
Despite the steepness sheep had still managed to get up there.



The view right carrying on along the ridge
More sheep!

It took about 3 3/4 hours to get here from Bamford station which was quite a walk at speed but I still had to get the 6.10 back to Sheffield again so I descended rather quickly to the valley bottom and the path along to the farm.

The bridge leading to the farm.
There was then a footpath that lead along the valley bottom and to the Snake road along the Ladybower reservoir and back to Bamford.