Saturday 5th January
A short morning stroll in Lyme Park on the very edge of the Peak District
Distance: 2.5km; Ascent: 50m; Overcast but dry; with Lynsey & Isabel
After so much rain last month, it was a pleasant surprise that the first weekend of the year was forecast to be mainly dry! Therefore Lynsey, Isabel and I headed to Lyme Park for a morning stroll up Cage Hill.
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| Lyme Hall |
It was very busy, probably due to a well attended orienteering event taking place in the park today. However our route up to the cage was reasonably quiet and Isabel managed to walk all the way!
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| Heading for The Cage |
Soon we reached The Cage, which according to my NT leaflet was originally built as a hunting tower in the 1520s and was rebuilt in its present form in 1725.
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| The Cage |
We descended north from The Cage for a few hundred metres before doubling back on ourselves and following a track across the west side of the hill back towards the car park. As it was fast approaching lunchtime, we headed into the tearoom for a welcome bowl of soup after a pleasant morning :)
N.B. 13/02/13 - Post date updated to actual date of walk, i.e. 05/01/13 (from 06/01/13)
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