The weather forecast for Thursday 4th June was warm and sunny at our Bolehill cottages near Bakewell see here so with no arrivals (but one departure) we went for a walk.  A lazy start to the day and had coffee before we packed up the car and headed to Minninglow car park not far from Pikehall.  We did this walk not long after we first had the dogs and at that time Minninglow was not accessible to the public.  Now there is a permissive path so we had been thinking about going again for a while.  From the car park we set off along the High Peak Trail with nice views over the white peaks and marvelled at the engineering that went into the building of the Minninglow Embankment which is a listed structure.  About a mile after setting off we found the new permissive path then headed up to Minninglow Hill.  After years at looking at the Hill with its distinctive ring of trees we were finally able to explore the barrow within the trees which has neolithic burial chambers.  From the top we were able to get some wonderful views and with binoculars we could pick out Bolehill!  We found a spot to have lunch then headed back down and  under the High Peak Trail and picked up the path for Roystone Grange.  Here we had a look at the old pumping house before taking the track that lead to the minor road to Pikehall.  We crossed this and walked along the lane before cutting across fields to pick up the High Peak Trail for the last leg back to the car park.  The walk was about five miles in total.  Back home via Monyash where it was still warm enough for an ice cream!  Enjoy the photos.

May’s weather stats.  Highest temp 18.1 deg C on 11th with 11th being warmest day and 10th warmest night.  Lowest temp of 1.4 deg C on 1st with 1st being coldest night and 2nd coldest day. Wettest day 20th with .6 in rain with total for May 3.61 inches (4.09 May 2014).