Mill Dale Bridge, an ancient packhorse bridge known as Viator's Bridge,
made famous in the English classic ‘The Compleat Angler’ by Izaak Walton.

The Tissington Trail, a disused railway line

Tissington Hall, an early 17th century Jacobean mansion house . . .

which has been lived in by the same family for 500 years,
the present owner is Sir Richard Fitzherbert and it is now used as a wedding venue

Hall Well which features in the Tissington well-dressing in May

Thorpe Cloud which we bypass on our way to . . .

the Stepping Stones . . .

in Dove Dale

Making our way up the Dale past the weir . . .

the first feature we pass is Dove Dale Castle . . .

followed by Lover's Leap

Then comes Tissington Spires . . .

followed by Reynard's Cave . . .

which I explore a little more closely

Continuing alongside the River Dove . . .

another cave comes into view . . .

but where is the supposedly 'easily recognisable Lion Rock?'

Ilam Rock is closely followed by . . .

the Dove Holes . . .

which need closer investigation . . .

and a pause for another photo

A lonely clump of daffodils herald warmer weather . . .

and a very young lamb checks us out

Sheila heads back across the bridge to . . .

Mill Dale, a quaint English Hamlet . . .

that used to be a bustling and busy hamlet . . .

with a Camomile mill that closed in the late 1870’s.

The remaining mill buildings have now been converted . . .

into an information barn