Tuesday was the first day of the second half of the year at our Bolehill Cottages near Bakewell (see link). Six months gone already! One departure and no arrivals with one cleaner here. As we had no arrivals and the forecast was fine we headed to Hartington for a walk. There are a number of walks from this village but I chose one we have done many times before. A threatening sky seemed to follow us to start with but it brightened up later on the walk. We set off on the path behind the public toilets that heads to Dove Dale, across open fields first into Beresford Dale where a piece of local history, the fishing lodge built in honour of Izaac Walton, is up for sale. This emerges in Wolfscote Dale, which was a bit busier than Beresford Dale, and further down the dale we stopped and observed a pair of nesting peregrine falcons that had the attention of a number of walkers. Into Biggin Dale and a stop for lunch. Further along the way we met a walker with two collies and we got chatting and I realised we had exchanged emails as he has a website of local walks which has a link to our website. Small world. At a junction of paths we ignored the continuation of Biggin Dale and turned of on a another path that would lead us back to Hartington along quiet lanes and paths. By now the sun had emerged from the clouds and it felt really warm. When we got to the Youth Hostel we thought about stopping for tea and cake but a group of school children were being checked in so we carried on into Hartington. A quick trip into the cheese shop before heading home. Joanna popped up with a chocolate cake to say thank you for helping with cows recently. A quiet evening enjoying the pleasant sunshine. Enjoy the photos.
The weather stats for June are as follows: highest temperature 23.1 deg C on 23rd which was also the warmest day with 18th having the warmest night. Lowest temperature was 7.7 deg C on 6th with coldest day 28th and night 27th. 1.39 inches rain with .35 inches on the 9th. (June 2013 had 1.32 inches rain).