Walk pictures - Belper

Introduction

Between Christmas and New Year’s, my parents and I went up to Belper in Derbyshire to visit my brother and his family.

St Pancras

We had a while to wait for the train at St Pancras station, so Mum and I went for a short walk to the nearby canal.

Tree and leaves.

1/500 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°31′59″N 0°7′29″W

Construction near St Pancras.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 51°32′1″N 0°7′29″W

The journey to Belper was uneventful this year.

Cromford

On the next day my brother led a walk from Cromford railway station, a short train journey away. We started by following a path uphill.

View toward Cromford.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′28″N 1°32′27″W

Sloping road.

1/125 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′23″N 1°32′18″W

The first exciting landmark was the penny tree, which is a large tree that (for some unknown reason) people stick coins into. That might not be healthy for the tree, but it seems to be coping.

My parents inspecting the penny tree.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′13″N 1°32′0″W

The tree and its shadow.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′13″N 1°32′0″W

Coins in the tree.

1/125 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′13″N 1°32′0″W

Next the route took us down to the Cromford Canal.

Derelict canalside building (interior).

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′48″N 1°31′44″W

Another view of the interior.

1/60 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′48″N 1°31′44″W

Same building from across the canal.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′47″N 1°31′43″W

We walked along the canal for a little way.

Pumping station.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′50″N 1°31′52″W

Wharfside.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′53″N 1°31′54″W

Overhead hanging round thing beside High Peak Railway workshops.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°5′54″N 1°31′54″W

Trees and shipping containers reflected in the canal.

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Railway, river, and hillside.

1/125 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′8″N 1°32′20″W

Nice large corrugated shed below canal.

1/250 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′31″N 1°33′5″W

We stopped for lunch in a café at Cromford Wharf, the end of the canal. (Rather a lot of other people had had the same idea; it was packed and we had to wait a while.) After that we crossed the road to look at the Cromford Mills complex.

Water that would have driven a mill wheel.

1/250 at f4, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′32″N 1°33′20″W

Same waterfall.

1/250 at f4, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′32″N 1°33′19″W

Building in the cliff.

1/250 at f4, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′32″N 1°33′20″W

Bridge over water channel, mill windows reflected.

1/30 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′32″N 1°33′21″W

Mill buildings over gateway.

1/60 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′31″N 1°33′22″W

Entrance to a mill building...

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...and the view inside.

1/30 at f4, 23mm, ISO1600 53°6′32″N 1°33′23″W

After thoroughly investigating the mills, we returned to the railway station, via the local church.

Multi-arched entranceway to church.

1/125 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′37″N 1°33′14″W

Cromford station.

1/125 at f8, 23mm, ISO200 53°6′45″N 1°32′55″W

Belper mills and industry

The next day, Dad and I avoided going to the swimming pool with the rest and took a short walk around Belper instead. It was very windy, and rather grey.