Mum and Dad visited for the weekend. We enjoyed walks in improving weather in Dove Dale and fine sunshine in Edale.

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Unusually spending a Bank Holiday weekend at home, I decided to focus my walks on ticking off some obscure local Tumps (P30s). I’ve now visited 108 out of 127 in Derbyshire.

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Today’s walk from Kirk Ireton took in a few P30s that I hadn’t previously visited near Carsington Water, circumnavigating the lake at a distance.

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Today’s local walk was in the Staffordshire Peak. Starting near Upper Hulme, I followed the Roaches ridge to Danebridge, continued up the Dane Valley to Flash, then looped back to the east via Merryton Low.

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My parents visited for the weekend. As the forecast was poor, we opted for the mainly-indoor option of visiting the Heights of Abraham, above Matlock Bath.

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Bright and breezy today in the White Peak: perfect for trying out my new car on some country roads and a circular walk from Ashford in the Water.

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Today’s walk in the heart of the Peak District started in Hope village and followed the skyline over Lose Hill, Mam Tor, Old Moor, Bradwell Edge, Offerton Moor and Win Hill.

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Lacking any other inspiration for where to walk today, I devised a loop south of Hartington to tick off two of my three remaining Peak District P30s. Starting on Alsop Moor, I headed up the Tissington Trail (with the two bagging diversions) and back down Beresford and Wolfscote Dales.

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Today’s walk in the Dark Peak was less sunny than I’d hoped, but more snowy! I didn’t like the look of the steep snowy road over Mam Tor into Edale (my original intended start-point), so I headed instead to Hayfield for a short-ish loop of the eastern skyline. The low cloud persisted much of the way, but it was mostly clear from Kinder Downfall onwards.

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I headed up to Baslow for my first Peak District walk of 2015: a cold but sunny day for a circuit taking in Baslow and Curbar Edges, Eyam Moor and Longstone Edge.

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I spent a cold but sunny day walking in the White Peak, starting in Taddington and passing through Monsal Dale and Chee Dale.

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After heavy overnight rain, the day dawned dry and was forecast to improve, so I headed to the western Peak for a walk starting in Gradbach. My route followed the Dane Valley Way up to Three Shire Heads, continued north via Cheeks Hill to Shining Tor, and returned via Shutlingsloe.

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I took advantage of a warm, clear Midsummer’s Day for a long walk over the high moorlands of Bleaklow and Howden.

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My parents visited for the weekend. As the forecast was for showers both days, we opted for a couple of relatively-short walks just outside the Peak District National Park, starting in Ellastone on Saturday and in Brassington on Sunday. As it turned out, we had no rain and plenty of sunny spells!

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I did a fairly long walk from Baslow in hazy sunshine, heading north along Baslow, Curbar, Froggatt and Burbage Edges, and returning via Higger Tor, Padley Gorge and White Edge.

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It was a lovely, warm, sunny day for today’s local walk around the Derwent Valley, starting in Crich. My route headed north through Bow Wood to Cromford Wharf, returning via Cromford Moor, Shining Cliff and Crich Chase.

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