Eyam & Abney - walk #2

Today's walk was one of our "strenuous" category walks - 14km up and down the moorlands and cloughs (anyone know what those are??). [Edit: it's a steep valley - although can't quite work out what the difference is between a clough and a dale now!]

On our way to the start in Eyam (pronounced Eem) we passed Chatsworth House - Pemberley in the most recent Pride & Prejudice movie). It had extensive grounds with loads of deer.

Eyam is known as the "plague village" where 260 people died over 18 months between 1665-1666. But it is most well known for the fact that the rector asked the villagers to quarantine themselves so as to not spread the disease. People were buried in their own gardens and food and medical supplies were left at the points marked by plague stones on the village boundaries.

We started our walk from Eyam up through farmland into Eyam moor. The wind was whistling across the moor and during the walk we saw all sorts of sheep, rabbits and a lovely red fox. I really liked the heather and bracken on the moor as well as the fantastic stone walls everywhere.

There were a lot of ups and downs so it was a good thing we'd decided it classified as a two sandwich walk - and we stopped in at Bakewell on the way home and got both a Bakewell tart and pudding (the first has shortcrust pastry and the latter has flaky pastry). Adrian doesn't like marzipan so neither rated very highly in his book. It looks like it'll be almond desserts for me for the next few days! 

View towards Chatsworth House

Beginning of the walk - looking back towards Eyam

Onwards over the moor

Couldn't be moor excited!

Surveying the landscape

Nearly at the end

Typical autumn colours

Bakewell tart on the left and pudding on the right