Autumn Footprints 2024 - Crich 2019
w/e 15 September 2024
All of this week's pictures were
taken with a Kodak DX6490
The Autumn Footprints Walking
Festival 2024 began yesterday, Saturday 14th September, with
an afternoon walk of 5 miles around the Young People's Forest
at Mead in Shipley Country Park. It's a much reduced Festival
these days with just 16 walks in the 16 days of the Festival
rather than the 40 plus walks of pre-pandemic days. Funding back
then came from the Erewash and Amber Valley Councils but now
without the backing of Erewash, all the walks are somewhere within
Amber Valley. A shortage of walk leaders is also a contributory
factor to the smaller number of walks. As a consequence the choice
of walks with anyone's personal calendar and time availability
is also significantly reduced. Personally it looks as though
only a maximum of 2 walks will fit in with my availability and
both of those are in Shipley Park - which I can do any time when
it's more convenient. The upshot is it looks as though I won't
be involved at all this year but below are a few shots from a
walk in and around Crich taken during the 2019 Festival but which
haven't been seen previously.
The route began in the Market Place and followed Bulling Lane
to the western edge of the village to access the open countryside
where it descended the hill to walk through the assorted poultry
in the fields and yard at Chase Cliffe Farm on Crich Road.
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Having descended the hill we turned left to start the climb back
up again towards the village along Crich Road.
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Before reaching the village however, we crossed the road to follow
another footpath by the side of a small copse.
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Passing the copse we were afforded some lovely views across the
Derwent Valley to the west and also back over the village to
the Sherwood Forester's Memorial at Crich Stand to the north.
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Making our way via Cowper Lane and Chadwick Nick Lane, we eventually
arrived at a high point above the part of the village known as
Crich Common.
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From there we made our way down the narrow lanes to reach The
Common, the main road into the village from the south.
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Here we turned left to head back towards the Market Place along
The Common.
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On the way we passed some old stone-built workers' cottages noticing
the high windows at the top of the buildings.
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Another interesting feature was the old milepost showing Cromford,
famous for its association with the Industrial Revolution, is
just five miles away.
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A more recent association is with the TV drama "Peak Practice"
which ran from 1991 until 2002. In the series the village was
known as Cardale and the name still persists in the name of this
Fish and Chip Shop.
The walk ended just a little further on back in the Market Place.
Route Map
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