Thursday was forecast to be a pleasant day and with no arrivals but one departure from our Bolehill Cottages near Bakewell (see here) we decided to go for a walk.  I had planned a six mile figure of eight walk from Wetton by joining two shorter walks. It was almost midday by the time we got to Wetton and by now it had clouded up. Typical. We set off from the free car park through the village to pick up the footpath down to the Manifold valley.  This one has a spur so you can go up and explore Thors Cave although we didn’t.  We must do that one day.  Beyond the first field the path was very muddy and as we went through the wood we were taken in by the carpet of wood and anemones ( we had to ask what they were).  The path emerged at the bottom of the valley by the Manifold trail where we could look up to Thors Cave.  We walked along the trail for a bit before picking up the path beside Wetton Hill before we got to the mill.  I had planned to have lunch along here but we spotted an obstacle.   There were a group of people with a para glider and of course para gliders send the dogs barking mad literally!  So we thought we would walk further on.  We passed a hare that managed to hide from the dogs for a while but before the dogs spotted it we got a few photos. By now the breeze had picked up and we suddenly found ourselves back in Wetton without having eaten lunch.  We decided not to continue but head down (by car) to the cafe at Wetton Mill.  We ate outside with the dogs then went for a drive.  I’ve always wanted to look at Butterton which we could see from some points on the walk.  It is a small village with a nice church and it’s most interesting feature is the ford running across the main street.   I would have liked to have walked around the village but we couldn’t find somewhere convenient to park.  We came back via Hartington where we bought some cheese.  Later in the evening it brightened up again. Typical.  Enjoy the photos.