“Every cloud…” (even when there are stingers, hidden slide tackles, bug bites, sore muscles - long as you don’t sprain something - right?) Hope your bicep healed, Gareth. Thanks for your companionship on the walk, Phillip, or Philip. :-) And, the editing for these videos is really good. Where’d you learn how to do that? (time and experience, I guess)
Used to live on Toadmoor Lane. The other theory is the old moor but I’d say the habitat good for toads! There is still a red triangle road sign for toads crossing nearby at bottom of Crich Lane, Ridgeway. Interesting extra thing that Ambergate is famous for - “In 1966 the first fully operational electronic telephone exchange in Europe opened in Ambergate. This was also the first small to medium electronic exchange in the world and the first of many TXE2 type exchanges.” There is the underground reservoir - “Ambergate Reservoir was constructed in 1910, to an Edwardian design”. Plus you get 4 modes of transport running parallel to each other - “an intertwined system of road, railway, river and canal routes” which I think is quite rare. You went over halfpenny bridge and there used to be a ferry house! Enjoyed seeing these familiar walks very much. Cheers 👍🏻
Great mixed bag as you noted. Looks like lots of fun, except for the stingers and such. We don't have that kind of stuff in 'my neck of the woods' unless you hike up in the mountains (5,000 ft).
I believe that in that area all of the early industrial projects where delayed not directly through the marshy an boggyness of the ground but rather the abundance of Toads an the resultant difficulties in moving them to safe pasture, an trying to stop there sale on the various markets as affordable food, so much was this the constant story of delay exspessed by foreman an excavators as an explanation of yet further time required to there bosses, that More Toads, became a kinda mantra, an thus ToadMore stuck. Brilliant walk this Gareth an Phil, I’m liking all the stonework fab stuff an at 23.22 in there’s a very round circular pond was it an ancient valve for letting out the water when it got to high? or an entrance or top of a mineshaft? Cheers
@@IckeWalks they’re often situated next to star forts an come in pairs, an from an engineering perspective paired circles are valves of some sort, I’ve noticed them in farmers fields they tend to be singular, and next to or near stately homes in pairs. I imagine in many cases they can be explained away but in others perhaps not, it’s just that they are so very round a perfect circle. We have them on the common here but in this case they’re likely to be single room dwellings dug out an bridged with wood so as to get off the cold floor, they now look like slightly collapsed well holes. In some recent field art on Salisbury plain there’s a I think it’s got six squiggly design the shortest arm is pointing at one such circle. Cheers
Hate stingers with a passion. You must get stung from head to toe on your walks! My hubby said he's pretty sure he met you with your dad around 1992 outside Maccys in Newport, IoW. Frank said David was a pretty sound guy! Looking forward to your next stomp. 👍
The gate you were standing at at the beginning was the driveway up to the old Oakhurst Manor Mansion. Up until a couple of years ago you could get up to it without being stopped but due to vandalism security seems to have been ramped up on the place. The house is incredible and you used to be able to get in the cellars below it, there are lots of images of the place on google. The cottages you visited shortly after were fully intact about 5 years ago with contents and furniture still inside, a real time capsule. Unfortunately again it looks as though vandals have burnt them down. Great video guys 👍🏼
great job as always gaz always look forward to a new walk, and always great to have phil on them too, have a great rest of the week and catch you on the next one.
Such a pretty area!
Fantastic, thanks both! Really unique spot to explore, looks very vast too!
@clairharwood6482 it is lovely round there. Loads more we didn't get to, aswell.
“Every cloud…” (even when there are stingers, hidden slide tackles, bug bites, sore muscles - long as you don’t sprain something - right?)
Hope your bicep healed, Gareth. Thanks for your companionship on the walk, Phillip, or Philip. :-)
And, the editing for these videos is really good. Where’d you learn how to do that? (time and experience, I guess)
Used to live on Toadmoor Lane. The other theory is the old moor but I’d say the habitat good for toads! There is still a red triangle road sign for toads crossing nearby at bottom of Crich Lane, Ridgeway.
Interesting extra thing that Ambergate is famous for - “In 1966 the first fully operational electronic telephone exchange in Europe opened in Ambergate. This was also the first small to medium electronic exchange in the world and the first of many TXE2 type exchanges.”
There is the underground reservoir - “Ambergate Reservoir was constructed in 1910, to an Edwardian design”.
Plus you get 4 modes of transport running parallel to each other - “an intertwined system of road, railway, river and canal routes” which I think is quite rare.
You went over halfpenny bridge and there used to be a ferry house!
Enjoyed seeing these familiar walks very much. Cheers 👍🏻
Ah! Toads make sense. A moor for toads. It is lovely round there and the walk along the canal to Cromford is a must for the future!
@@IckeWalks Excellent stuff. Look forward to that one 👍🏻
Thank you. Next time you are in Ambergate you may like to look at Shining cliff woods, above the old dye works.
I had a walk in Shining Woods a time or two. Up past the Youth Hostel and Cave and around the small lake. Its quiet a climb from the lower area !
Great mixed bag as you noted. Looks like lots of fun, except for the stingers and such. We don't have that kind of stuff in 'my neck of the woods' unless you hike up in the mountains (5,000 ft).
Worst time of year for stingers!
Cycled most of this but now i know bit more history great video
Thank you. To be honest, there are loads more bits around there. We were losing the light a bit in the end!
I believe that in that area all of the early industrial projects where delayed not directly through the marshy an boggyness of the ground but rather the abundance of Toads an the resultant difficulties in moving them to safe pasture, an trying to stop there sale on the various markets as affordable food, so much was this the constant story of delay exspessed by foreman an excavators as an explanation of yet further time required to there bosses, that More Toads, became a kinda mantra, an thus ToadMore stuck.
Brilliant walk this Gareth an Phil, I’m liking all the stonework fab stuff an at 23.22 in there’s a very round circular pond was it an ancient valve for letting out the water when it got to high? or an entrance or top of a mineshaft?
Cheers
Not sure about that! Maybe a pond? Don't think it was a shaft at that point.
@@IckeWalks they’re often situated next to star forts an come in pairs, an from an engineering perspective paired circles are valves of some sort, I’ve noticed them in farmers fields they tend to be singular, and next to or near stately homes in pairs.
I imagine in many cases they can be explained away but in others perhaps not, it’s just that they are so very round a perfect circle.
We have them on the common here but in this case they’re likely to be single room dwellings dug out an bridged with wood so as to get off the cold floor, they now look like slightly collapsed well holes.
In some recent field art on Salisbury plain there’s a I think it’s got six squiggly design the shortest arm is pointing at one such circle.
Cheers
Hate stingers with a passion. You must get stung from head to toe on your walks!
My hubby said he's pretty sure he met you with your dad around 1992 outside Maccys in Newport, IoW. Frank said David was a pretty sound guy! Looking forward to your next stomp. 👍
The gate you were standing at at the beginning was the driveway up to the old Oakhurst Manor Mansion. Up until a couple of years ago you could get up to it without being stopped but due to vandalism security seems to have been ramped up on the place. The house is incredible and you used to be able to get in the cellars below it, there are lots of images of the place on google. The cottages you visited shortly after were fully intact about 5 years ago with contents and furniture still inside, a real time capsule. Unfortunately again it looks as though vandals have burnt them down. Great video guys 👍🏼
Cheers mate. We were planning to get into Oakhurst, but alas, it was not meant to be this time!
Those cottages look like workers cottages.
@@Nik-8it5p for sure.
great job as always gaz always look forward to a new walk, and always great to have phil on them too, have a great rest of the week and catch you on the next one.
Cheers mate. Appreciate it.
Ooh...Double Whammy viewing for me later today ! Will watch later....see if the reasons for all my sore legs and arms, last week, become apparent !
Covered a decent distance to be fair!
Great walk ... didn't you feel like getting your spade out for the buried tunnel? That was amazing.
Would ove to get in that one!
@@IckeWalks what's buried way down low...
Nice video Gareth. Love it round there.
Aye it's lovely. Used to live just down the road.
Damn!! Thought I was first!! 🤣