I was in Bakewell and had half an hour to spare

so I got my camera and walked along the river.

The pictures are not very original but they show

the amount of bird life on the river in the Autumn

Autumn Colours on Longstone Edge
A View up Moor Road Great Longstone

on a sunny Autumn day
Hawthorn berries on Great Longstone Edge

War Memorial, Main Street, Great Longstone.
The Main Street, Great Longstone

Great Longstone in the Autumn sunshine.

Great Longstone Derbyshire

A view down the main street and the village green

Little Longstone Chapel Derbyshire

This small chapel stands on the road from Longstone to Monsal Head

and holds services on most Sunday afternoons

A view over the fields near Little Longstone

with Fin Cop in the background

Monsal Dale, Derbyshire.

Another view of the viaduct

Runners arriving for the 2006 Great Longstone

fell race. Part of the course can be seen in the background

123 runners making there way to the start

The runners assembling for the start

Runners leaving the start down Sunny Bank

Roy Hattersley presenting the lady's trophy

for 2006 great longstone fell raceRoy Hattersley Presenting the winners trophy

for the 2006 Great Longstone fell race.

Some of the runners heading up main street

Today I decided to walk from home through the fields to
Monsal Head [about 1/2 mile] when I arrived there wasn't many
vistors so I decended into the dale by the top path.

After a dry summer there wasn't a lot of water in the river,
but the weir still looked great.

A view up the river
The viaduct
The river and cottages in Monsal Dale

Tom and John pulling out the old stone wall

before rebuilding

will they finish this job today
Keep going we've miles to go yet
plenty of stone to move
Tom Cox and John working on rebuilding a dry stone
wall below Longstone Edge. The old wall was in need of
repair after standing for about 200 years

At 2pm 15th July 2006 Cressbrook band led the procession at the start

of Great Longstone Church Fete. The band and the new

Fete Queen and her attendants proceeded the length of

Main Street to the village green, where Megan was crowned.

The Queen and the band then went up to the school where Megan

proclaimed the church fete open.

Preparing for Great Longstone Church Fete

Well dressing done by Great Longstone School
Cressbrook Band