Friday July 4th
Blaslow, Curbar Gap and Gardom's Edge We were off to Baslow for an afternoon/evening walk, with the hope of a nice coffee at The Café on the Green but, alas, it was closed. Never mind, though- we set off from the car park and up to Blackstone Edge. We skipped the visit to Wellington's Monument as we'd been there plenty of times, and took the path across Eaglestone Flat past The Eagle Stone. Jacinta at The Eagle Stone As we got closer to the Curbar Gap car park, we could see that the Citroën van coffee waggon was parked there. Happily, it was still open and each had a treat- coffee for one, a honeycomb ice cream for the other. There was the occasional spit of rain, and we thought that we'd adjust our walk, which we'd planned to go past Froggatt and back along White Edge. Instead, we went up the track that we'd often descended from the end of White Edge. It has been substantially upgraded, with a bridge across the swamp at the bottom, and proper steps set into th...