A warm day albeit mainly cloudy. One cleaner up early to turn cottage round for today’s arrivalsin our peak district cottages. Decided to go for our walk as Smudge wasn’t hobbling any more. Packed up rucksacks and headed for the picnic spot on the lane by Long Rake quarry near Youlgreave. Originally had planned to walk from home but worked out it would be an eight mile walk so by driving to a spot on the route we saved three miles. We set off down the lane then picked up the path to Meadow Grange Farm and down to Lathkill Dale. We stopped and chatted to the owner of the lodge house down by the river as Chris knows her from his Digital Camera Workshop sessions. The house actually does not get any sun for a few months of the year. We walked along the dale towards Monyash stopping to look at some of the relics of lead mining along the dale. At the end of the nature reserve we started to look for somewhere to eat. Smudge decided to investigate the edge of a weir but fell in the water, luckily on the still side but he was not impressed as he does not like water! Found a spot to eat lunch then carried on along the dale. At the footbridge we turned into Cales Dale. We have never walked along this dale before. It was quite narrow but we weren’t there for long as we picked up the Limestone Way back to the car. We didn’t meet as many walkers as we thought for a Bank Holiday but I guess that a lot of people will be making their way back home today. Got home just before our guests arrived. They have been here before. Actually sat down early – 7.30pm but disturbed by the phone. Never mind. Have got the latest Over Haddon Newsletter. The cinema club starts again at the end of September with some good films for the season and we have the annual visit from the Bakewell Silver Band for the Last Night of the Proms to look forward to in a couple of weeks. It’s all happening here!