165: Youlgreave, Alport and Lower Lathkill Dale (Peak District 2021)

[@PaulineBrown-fw2zs]

Thank you for this video. Such a beautiful place. I was brought up in Long Eaton in the 60's and my Auntie had a caravan on a farm in Lathkill dale where we went every easter. We have photos of us sitting on the waterfalls but it looks like they're fenced off now. The woodland was always covered in beautful bluebells. Thank you for bringing back happy memories.

[@solitaryrambler]

NIce one, pleased you enjoyed this. Many thanks for watching 👍

[@craighobbs3708]

My mum was brought up in Youlgrave and I spent many a happy childhood memory there on the dale! - I was brought up down south, now live in Scotland but never forgot my Peak District roots!

[@solitaryrambler]

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[@ffrancrogowski2192]

Another chance for myself and my partner Christine to see another part of the Peak District that we never managed to visit, Patrick. We were both born and raised in Buxton, but we never had transport to visit some of these more remote and very scenic places. Youlgreave looks a very pretty village, and the church is of brilliant architecture. We can understand how you love Lathkill Dale so much, as well as Dovedale. The limestone outcrops and the caves blend in well with the surrounding countryside, and the river appears to be quite wide in places. A most relaxing video, and very well produced, Patrick. Many thanks.

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks again Ffranc for all your kind words and for watching. Youlgreave and Lathkill Dale are indeed wonderful places to visit, so I'm glad you were able to enjoy seeing them through this video. All the best 👍

[@brianredding6498]

I am fortunate in living close to Lathgill Dale and decided to take a walk through this afternoon, after neglecting it for a few years. You are right, it is a wonderful part of the Peak District and your video highlights it very well. Well done.

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks for your kind comments and for taking the time to watch, much appreciated! 👍

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Ill be honest Patrick i ve never heard of any of the areas that you walked today.... but what a joy it was as it always is to watch you taking us all through these places .. they are an absolute delight to see Youlgreave was stunning including that great church ...and as you made your way through lathkill dale it was so lovely to see such a natural dale with its caves and limestones walls ...thank you ever so much for these continual videos and thanks for showing us places that we, ll probably never get to but enjoyable none the less ...regards Frank & Lee...

[@solitaryrambler]

Youlgreave and Lathkill Dale are in easy reach of Bakewell if you should ever find yourselves there again, but yes it is indeed a lovely area. I did actually go inside the church at Youlgreave and took some shots, but in the end I didn't use the footage in the final edit as I had shot so much stuff this particular day, there was a great deal I had to cut out sadly. I hope to return to Youlgreave another time to do a shorter walk so that I can feature the village in more detail. As always thanks Frank and Lee for watching 👍

[@joeyrotten87]

Great content as usual. Lovely village. I’ve not been for a number of years but fondly remember it for it’s “Proper” Pubs. Keep up the good work!

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it Joe, many thanks for watching! 👍

[@christelbraune4530]

even in the cold seasen, these beatiful spots have their charm. thank you for this great Video Patrick

[@solitaryrambler]

Really pleased you enjoyed the video, many thanks for watching 👍

[@johnsparkes8963]

One of your most scenic and beautiful walks Patrick which i really enjoyed. Happy new year to you and my best wishes for 2022. Take care.

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks John, yeah one of my favourites for sure. Happy New Year to you too 👍

[@brijen28lan]

Happy New year from Brian and Jenny Lancaster .. Another really Lovely walk Patrick .. Thank you

[@solitaryrambler]

Same to you Brian and Jenny! Thanks for watching as always 👍

[@richardchan9595]

Very beautiful and scenic walk Patrick, the perfect video to start of the year. Many thanks!

[@solitaryrambler]

Happy New Year Richard, glad you enjoyed it! 👍

[@chriskiwi2601]

Hi Patrick. Absolutely beautiful. We really look forward to your videos. Couldn't help but notice the frost on the house rooves while we are sitting in around 30 degrees in NZ. All the best for 2022.👍

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks for that Chris, good to know. Yep we do get frost here in November, but it does look nice as long as you wrap up at the same time! 😂 Happy New year to you 👍

[@davidkeel]

Thanks for another nice video Patrick. It looks like you had frost in November. I do miss that about the North of England. Living in the south is quite different. I liked the relaxing music and your editing. I'm amazed how many of your videos are in sunshine. Maybe you can pick your days off work. ? Nice to wake up to this walk on my TV. Thanks again Patrick

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks David, glad you liked it. I am lucky to be able to pick my days off work. This walk is also just a few miles from home so it's easier for me to pick and choose when the weather suits 👍

[@davidkeel]

That's nice to be able to do that Patrick. Well done for continuing to bring such good videos. Thanks. David

[@SetForAdventures]

Fabulous Patrick 🙏🏼 another lovely walk as always thanks for bringing us along with you best wishes Simon 👍

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks Simon, glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍

[@ritapowell4695]

Thank you again for a lovely walk, Lathkill Dale really is beautiful, and is now on my list of places to visit. I’ve been in the area many times but not there. Thank you also for the information you give along the way, I feel I’m getting to know more about the Peak District more than I did before. Wishing you a Happy New Year and many lovely walks. I look forward to the next one.👍🏻

[@solitaryrambler]

Pleased you enjoyed it Rita, many thanks for watching. Happy New Year to you too and all the best for 2022 👍

[@russ3994]

Another fantastic video Patrick beautiful scenery , Lathkill dale looks very interesting well it all looks good i am pleased to say we are coming back to the peak district in May based in Bakewell cannot wait thanks again Patarick !!

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it Russ, thanks as always for watching! Nice to know you'll be visiting the area in May, I know' you'll have a great time! 👍

[@paulbeachcroft3323]

Hi Patrick. Just completed this walk earlier today - Christmas Eve 2023. Hoping to get to Robin Hood's Stride and the Upper Lathkill Dale later in the week. Cheers Paul

[@solitaryrambler]

Nice one Paul, all the best 👍

[@jeffallinson8089]

What a stunning area and a truly beautiful walk and the accompanying music was a delight, you must be really proud of this score. A very happy 2022 to you Patrick and keep up the fabulous work, it's lovely to be with you on these amazing walks so thank you again for your effort.

[@solitaryrambler]

So pleased you enjoyed my musical score for this Jeff, I am indeed proud of this particular one. Glad you liked the walk through Lathkill Dale too/ Happy New Year to you too and hope 2022 will be a great one for you 👍

[@heydenharrison143]

I have come very late to this one Patrick.Beautiful footage,with your music and informative commentary setting the perfect scene.Cheers (real ale ones) Heyden

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it Hayden, as always many thanks for watching 👍

[@cathoutdoors523]

Another lovely walk Patrick. Very intersting. Have a great weekend. 🙏😊👍

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it, many thanks Cath! Have a great weekend too 👍

[@cathoutdoors523]

@@solitaryrambler Thanks Patrick 👍

[@jeanheys5327]

Pretty, even in November. Every step an invitation to new adventure 🙂

[@solitaryrambler]

Definitely!! Thanks for watching 👍

[@shaunmckenna1923]

Hello Patrick that was lovely I can see why you love this walk so much very pretty area thank you.

[@solitaryrambler]

Pleased you enjoyed it Shaun, as always thanks for taking the time to watch 👍

[@AnthonyJohnson1]

Another lovely walk Patrick. Completely agree regarding how beautiful Lathkill Dale is. Batemans House is a really interesting find isn’t it? You did well to avoid another bump to the head in those caves. Surprised you didn’t bring your crash helmet on this one 😆. Hope you had a fab Christmas and best wishes for 2022

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks Anthony. I did actually rewatch your own film of Lathkill Dale a few days ago in which you had your wife and daughter with you 🙂 Bateman's House was amazing, so glad to have featured that. My head survived another day, but for how long I wonder??? 😂😂😂 Christmas was great thanks, hope yours was too. Happy New Year 👍

[@WalksWithOlly]

Ah, Conksbury. Not to be mistaken for Congresbury! ;-) I have many memories of my own from walking around these areas a few years ago. The river bed through Lathkill Dale was bone-dry in places (although this was August). Hope your new year's started well, Patrick. Looking out for your next and all the best.

[@solitaryrambler]

Hi Olly, indeed very different to Congresbury! 😂 Of course you've visited Lathkill Dale yourself haven't you and did your own video there. It's always interesting as it can be bone-dry one day, then the next the water flows furiously. It's been a bit of an anticlimatic start to the New Year really - I always feel like that after Christmas is over! 🙂 At least the days are starting to get longer again now anyway. Hope yours is going well too Olly. Thanks for watching and have a great week 👍

[@CountrysideWalking]

Although I've walked in Youlgreave area I don't think I stayed at it's YHA. Alport looks like a nice location with the lovely shots in your film. I have never heard of Lathkill Dale though with varied features such as caves and mines. I love the music you composed with changes of keys and chords between major to minor. Very soothing to hear.

[@solitaryrambler]

Nice to know you've walked around the Youlgreave area Shanita. Alport is a very quiet hamlet on the main road, but it's lovely where the Rivers Lathkill and Bradford meet and you can see all those little weirs. Lathkill Dale is also very close to Bakewell so an easy walk from there if you were ever to find yourselves this way. Thanks for your compliments on the music, I'm pretty pleased with this particular score too, and I've recorded variations of this theme for my following films. Hope New Year has started well for you Shanita, all the best to you and Michael for 2022 👍

[@CountrysideWalking]

@@solitaryrambler All the best to you Patrick in 2022

[@maggi666]

Lovely walk Patrick! We're missing getting out as much as other seasons! Not enough light hours for massive hikes! Soon be spring i guess!

[@solitaryrambler]

Thank you Maggi! I'm finding it hard to get motived too at the moment becasue of the shorter days and colder weather. At least the days will be slowly getting longer again now! 👍

[@adrianthomas387]

I find your videos inspirational Patrick and will try this walk later in the year. I need to get out of the Herefordshire comfort zone and do some more challenging walks to test me. Keep mentioning those pubs too as they will be visited! Regards, Adrian

[@solitaryrambler]

That's nice of you to say Adrian. Yes those pubs I mention are defintely worth visiting! Nothing wrong with Herefordshire either 😀👍

[@mmintravel7926]

Once again another enjoyable vlog, great start to Saturday.

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍

[@jeffreywinter2660]

Great start to the New Year with an excellent new Solitary Rambler video, all the very best for the forthcoming year.

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks Jeff, glad you liked it. Happy New Year to you too and all the best for 2022 👍

[@kellyshaw7271]

Lovely. So nice an area and close to your home too. Can you get better than that! Great views up there and a nice scenic stroll. Hope you had a nice Christmas and New Year. Cheers for this 😁

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks for watching Kelly. Yes this is a lovely one close to where I live so have done it many times over the years. Christmas was lovely thanks. Hope yours was too and all the best for 2022 👍

[@Royalawg]

Love it, Patrick. Thank you !

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it, thanks to you too for watching! 👍

[@thegreens980]

Patrick! Please let me know when your doing another real ale trip ! Love from Belper!

[@solitaryrambler]

Hi, we often come down to Belper on the train for nights out, you may have seen us around 👍

[@crazyherisson6500]

Another lovely walk. I know Staffordshire better, and I'm living abroad for many years. Lots of nostalgia, looking at your videos, Patrick. Cheers.

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it, many thanks for watching! 👍

[@jeangreenfield5993]

Lovely walk 🚶‍♂️ nice to see a different area to mine (I'm in Sussex) . I have memories of walking our wondrous Downs 🌄

[@solitaryrambler]

Glad you enjoyed it, many thanks for watching! 👍

[@russ3994]

Hi Patrick well what nice walk that is we did that one the week we were there after meeting you , but alas we did not get to the end after i had a fall on route badly brusing my knee and dislocating ,fracturing and rupturing my ring finger on my left hand ouch !! ended up in A& E !!

[@solitaryrambler]

Bloody hell Russ, what have you been doing to yourself! Hope you're recovering now 👍

[@russ3994]

@@solitaryrambler thanks Patrick yeh back home now of work for a month ! been to fracture clinic here in Norfolk two more x-rays and ultra sound on finger , now in a splint back for mri scan in 2 weeks on knee !! still love the peak district ha!!

[@russ3994]

I must say Though Patrick we did the Conksbury bridge lathkill dale trail and was heading for Monyash !

[@solitaryrambler]

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[@alisonmoxon7519]

Great scenery and walk Patrick.. Happy New Year. Here's too many more best wishes Ali /R.. ☺️

[@solitaryrambler]

Happy New Year to you too Ali! Hope 2022 will be a great one for you. Many thanks for watching 👍

[@NBNatureTrailvan]

That was wonderful Patrick, really enjoyed your walk. What a wonderful place that is, and not crowded at all - looks like you picked the best time of year. Thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks Dave! Pleased you enjoyed it, thanks for watching 👍

[@thatguyfromcetialphaV]

I've done thst walk a fair few times! I did it in reverse, going west out of the village.

[@solitaryrambler]

Yeah it's a great route isn't it 👍

[@WyeExplorer]

Great to see the YHA make its way into the walk again patrick. All I can say is you've lived my friend. I smiled a number of times in this one - it's the character doing the tour. I must agree a fabulous Dale. I was wandering what a Dale means. Have you any ideas where the word comes from? Yes, what with the caves, stone bridges and pubs with views in addition it pretty much has it all. Thanks Patrick. Take care out there. Mark

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks Mark, always great to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed the stories to be told in this one, I always love to talk about the days gone by. I gather a Dale is just the Derbyshire word for valley, but it’s interesting to note that most of the dales in Derbyshire are separate words, e.g. Lathkill Dale, Bradford Dale, Monsal Dale, etc., but in Yorkshire the dales are one word, e.g. Wensleydale, Wharfedale, Swaledale, etc., so these must be local meanings I guess. Pleased you enjoyed Lathkill Dale Mark, it’s got a lot to offer as you saw. Take care out there and all the best to you 👍

[@WyeExplorer]

@@solitaryrambler A pleasure as always Patrick. I found this one especially leisurely in a very good way. I find language fascinating. Thanks for your explanation and observation. I just made a quick look and found this: The word dale comes from the Old English[1] word dael, from which the word "dell" is also derived. It is also related to Old Norse word dalr (and the modern Icelandic word dalur), which may perhaps have influenced its survival in northern England. The Germanic origin is assumed to be *dala-. And dal - in various combinations is common in place names in Norway. Thanks Patrick - I've learned something new. Happy to share it. I will take care. You to.

[@solitaryrambler]

Nice one Mark, thanks for looking that up. It is great where these words originate from the Old Norse, come across that a lot during my research before now espcially for names of towns and villages. All the best 👍

[@WyeExplorer]

@@solitaryrambler A pleasure Patrick. I thought it might help at some point. Yeah, I'm sure you have come across Norse links before now. Have a good weekend.

[@MrIrrepressible]

Enjoy your videos very much

[@solitaryrambler]

Thank you! 👍

[@alecmcdonald4185]

I enjoyed watching that Patrick, a great pick me up on a Friday morning. I shall have to plan a route in the youlgrave area but probably not as far as you walked. Roughly how many miles did this circular walk take you? Thanks once again 👍

[@solitaryrambler]

Many thanks for watching Alec, glad you liked it. More details of the walk can be found in the description below the video. Not sure if you saw my recent walk of Hartington, Biggin Dale and Beresford Dale, but I recommend looking at that if you get the chance 👍

[@luker2981]

Happy new year Patrick. All the best for 2022.

[@solitaryrambler]

Thanks Luke, Happy New Year to you too 👍

[@PeterWDell]

Did you turn the wheel in Batemans shaft to light it up.

[@solitaryrambler]

No I didn't actually notice that until after I filmed this! 😂

[@anndeakin6763]

A great trip love to an area lathkil hill and surrounding area areas Ann Deakin 15th November 2022

[@solitaryrambler]

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[@shapecatfilms7592]

Hi Patrick, you briefly mentioned external hard drives for storing your video files recently; and I was wondering which one you use? As I am looking for one for the exact same thing same thing.

[@solitaryrambler]

Hi Jack, yes this is the one I've used: www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B07994QL95/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[@shapecatfilms7592]

@@solitaryrambler Cheers Patrick.

[@peterdzelmanis4370]

I can confirm that an intake of water is much needed after climbing the steps out of Lathkill Dale.👍

[@solitaryrambler]

The water was very welcome after that climb! 👍

[@anndeakin6763]

Thanks scenic walks all dayAnn Deakin WarwickUK

[@solitaryrambler]

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[@jamesoates1334]

Youlgreave or Pommy used to have one of the best chip shops in the area at one time

[@solitaryrambler]

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[@paulbeachcroft3323]

Well Patrick several months ago you promised to confirm the name of the second Dale that was amongst your favourites and you kept your promise😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. You also managed not to whack your head this time which was a bonus😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@solitaryrambler]

I always keep my promises Paul! 🙂 I was so careful this time after a certain previous incident with small holes! Hopefully I'll keep that up! 😂

[@paulbeachcroft3323]

@@solitaryrambler Yes you are certainly a man of your word and I still have that hard hat ready to post to you😂😂😂😂😂😂🎅🏼

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Wasnt raining, 6586. By election day in Matlock. The am of which, ex tory lord mayor of Matlock ran me off my mbike outside Matlock Golf Club, cos he was issued and ended my roundabout walking days.