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Monsal Head panorama

Monsal Head panorama
We are looking down into the Monsal Dale valley in the Derbyshire Peak District onto the impressive Headstone Viaduct. In the valley bottom runs the very nice River Wye and to the right is the village of Cressbrook with Water-Cum-Jolly Dale just a little further.
Its-time for us to stride down the narrow path and steps to the wooden footbridge across the river near the buildings on our right before taking the opposite bank of the river, back under the viaduct, along the grassy bank past an impressive weir and second footbridge before traversing uphill back to here and a little further to our car. Phew!
The Grade II listed viaduct built in 1863 is 91m long, 21m high with five 15m span arches and was built by the Midland Railway. It is now home to the Monsal Trail for walking and bicycles. There is also quite an impressive tunnel just out of sight: the Headstone tunnel is 487m long through which the trail runs. ~ Another phone panorama!

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Nouchetdu38, tiabunna, Annemarie, Luis Miguel and 12 other people have particularly liked this photo


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 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club has replied
Thanks Gordon. You are missing a great deal not having the Peak District near Buxton in your sights. The area round the River Wye is particularly attractive. Personally I like Chee Dale the best with its stepping stones. As you have seen, the Mam Tor area is also good and I think you already know the area around Ladybower & Derwent Res.

Best Wishes. Herb
11 months ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club has replied
Its quite amazing what phones can do nowadays. Thank goodness it still needs the human brain to point them. Glad you liked this

Best Wishes. Herbert
11 months ago.
 Herb Riddle
Herb Riddle club has replied
Glad you liked it.
There would be a lot of upset hikers and cyclist if that happened Pete. In 2021 the trail was attracting 300,000 visitors a year. When the Railway was first brought here and the viaduct built the painter John Ruskin hated it with a vengeance. He wrote at the time ""The valley is gone, and the Gods with it; and now, every fool in Buxton can be in Bakewell in half an hour, and every fool in Bakewell at Buxton; which you think a lucrative process of exchange - you Fools everywhere."

The railway line was one of those which were the subject of Dr Beeching's cuts in the 1950's. The long tunnels which cut through the rock at Monsal Head, Cressbrook and Litton were boarded up and closed for many years. It wasn't until 2011 that the tunnels were re-opened to the public and the Monsal Trail became a family friendly cycle way.

Cheers. Herb
11 months ago.
 Ulrich John
Ulrich John club
Feines Panorama, Herb !
11 months ago.
 tiabunna
tiabunna club
A very impressive landscape and it sounds a great walk, Herb.
11 months ago.

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