Wednesday 24 August was another fine, warm day.  Not as warm as Tuesday but pleasant enough for a walk.  With no arrivals or departures we headed to the Goyt Valley to do a four mile walk to enjoy the heather which we reckoned would be at its peak. We parked at the Goyt Lane car park and took the path down to Wildmoorstone Brook where we picked up a track which follows the River Goyt.  This was a good track to start with but once we passed the bottom of the reservoir the path narrowed and was quite boggy in places.  We had to fight our way through bracken as well.  It was very humid as well as sunny and warm.  When we reached the spot near Goytsclough Quarry where we hoped to eat lunch we found we had been beaten to it by some families.  Still a little further on we found a little footbridge over the river with a sunny verge to eat lunch (avoiding a nearby wasps nest).  From here we carried on along the path only to realise as we turned into Berry Clough that we had missed the path we wanted to pick up.  We retraced our steps and discovered the sign for the path we needed was hidden in the bracken.  We now started to ascend up the valley slope and at the top had nice views across to Burbage Edge and the surrounding countryside.  The path was easier up here at first but as the path started to descend by a wall it got quite stony.  The final descent was very steep and it was a relief to get back down onto a solid track!  From here it was a short walk back up to the car park from Wildmoorstone Brook.  It was quite late in the afternoon so we headed to Monyash to pick up an ice cream before the cafe closed.  Then we drove round to Taddington to view the well dressing.  By now it had clouded over but it stayed warm enough to eat dinner al fresco and we had a lovely colourful sunset. Enjoy the photos.