Tags: monsal

#99891, nearby

Pump & tool station

#45923, nearby

Another apparently pointless obstruction on the path from Coombs Road into Bakewell.

#45922, nearby

The path where cyclists are asked to dismount (see #45880 and #45922) skirts this cattle-market car park.

#45920, nearby

Un-necessarily narrow gate on this path into Bakewell town centre.

#45919, nearby

Bakewell town end of the Monsal Trail. No dropped kerb here, and cyclists requested to dismount on this path to a car park.

#45915, nearby

Eastern end of the Monsal Trail.

#45914, nearby

Coombs Road info board

#45913, nearby

The former railway station at Bakewell. The track bed seems to have been raised to be level with the platform.

#45912, nearby

Monsal Trail

#45909, nearby

Blackwell Mill Tuck Shop and Cycle Hire. We hired our bikes from this friendly operation. http://www.peakblackwellcyclehire.com/

#45908, nearby

Info board on the Monsal Trail.

#45907, nearby

The western end of the Monsal Trail.

#45906, nearby

The end of the Monsal Trail. 'Walkers' can proceed down the embankment to the car park.

#45902, nearby

Riders on the Monsal Trail. We were surprised at how popular the route was even on this autumnal Tuesday. Lots of couples and small family groups on bikes. We also saw several big groups of walkers, a couple of what looked like school gr ... [more]

#45901, nearby

Info panel explaining how explosives were sometimes used to create these railway cuttings.

#45900, nearby

Cressbrook Tunnel

#45899, nearby

Info panel at Cressbrook on the Monsal Trail.

#45898, nearby

Great view of this old mill, (now an apartment block) from the Monsal Trail.

#45897, nearby

Superb viaduct over the river Monsal.

#45896, nearby

Monsal Dale info panel

#45895, nearby

We hired these Giant Twist electric assist bikes for the ride. As we whizzed passed other riders they unanimously called us 'cheats'.

#45894, nearby

Inside the Headstone Tunnel on the Monsal Trail. The tunnel was built wide enough for two trains to pass but only the central section is tarmacked, with gravel either side. There are white lines at the edges of the tarmac. The tunnel is ... [more]

#45893, nearby

Approaching the Headstone Tunnel on the Monsal Trail. The lights go off at dusk on this leisure route.

#45892, nearby

A hearing pod on the Monsal Trail. Wind the handle a few times and it gives out instructions and tells one of eight recordings about the history of this former rail route. While I was there it was used to the delight of a woman with a ... [more]

#45891, nearby

In the cutting for the Headstone Tunnel.

#45890, nearby

Passing through another former railway station on the Monsal Trail.

#45889, nearby

Trail Code of Conduct http://www.peakdistrict.gov.uk/visiting

#45888, nearby

Direction signage on the Monsal Trail.

#45887, nearby

Monsal Trail, at Hassop

#45886, nearby

At the former Hassop Railway Station on the Monsal Trail - which is now a popular cycleway.

#45880, nearby

Mixed messages on this pathway that leads past a cattlemarket area on the edge of Bakewell. Cyclists are asked to dismount, but cycling does not appear to be specifically prohibited.