Cycling & Exploring The Monsal Trail. Derbyshire.
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2019
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The Monsal Trail is a cycling, horse riding and walking trail in the Derbyshire Peak District. It was constructed from a section of the former Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands junction railway, built by the Midland Railway in 1863 to link Manchester with London, which closed in 1968. The Monsal Trail is about 8.5 miles in length and opened in 1981. It starts at the Topley Pike junction in Wye Dale, three miles East of Buxton, and runs to Coombs Viaduct, one mile South-East of Bakewell. It follows the valley of the river Wye. The trail passes through Blackwell Mill, Millets Dale, Cressbrook, Monsal Dale, Hassop and Bakewell. The trail has numerous landmarks including 19th century line kilns, Headstone Viaduct, Cressbrook Mill, Litton Mill and Hassop railway station, and passes through six tunnels.
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I did this ride on my bike. The full distance. For a 66 year old in good health I was happily pooped when I arrived home. It's a great ride.
We were expecting a nice easy ride with it all being fairly flat but were certainly shattered afterwards, clearly not as fit as we had thought but still a beautiful ride.. Thanks for watching 👍😊
I'm planning this for the weekend with the wife.Great video thanks 👍
It's without a doubt the best cycling day out we've ever had, there's just so much history to see along the route and the scenery is beautiful! Have a lovely weekend 😊👍
I cycled this ride in May this year 2021. Its a superb ride. Great film. All of it most familiar.
Thank you for watching...and yes it's an amazing ride and place 🙂
Great watch and two lovely people making the vlog thanks.
Thank you very much really nice of u to say 👍😊
I had done a D of E training trip to this spot so this video brings back a decent few memories. It really goes to show that the world can have its problems but places like these never change. Never flaw.
We love Derbyshire and this is one of our favourite places. The Monsal Trail really was the highlight of our trip up there having wanted to cycle it for many years.. Its such a beautiful, unspoilt place.. Glad it brought back some nice memories for you, thanks for watching 😊
This video is brilliant! You do such an incredibly good job with the filming and the history of the places you stop at, plus watching the two of you is a delight. Thank you and well done!
Thank you we was so tired after this tho but it was a great day out thank you for watching our little video 😁😊
What a ace channel addicted now love it
Thank you so much, we are really glad you are enjoying our videos, it's always nice to receive positive comments from people and we really do appreciate it 😊
lovely place, done the same thing myself, thanks for sharing the video
It was great thank you for your comments 😊
Nicely filmed with lovely views
It really was beautiful, footage doesn't really do it justice. Thanks for your comment 🙂
Great way to get about and explore more! Love the history of this place 👍👍👍
Thank you very much for watching and your comment as always, there's so much amazing things to see around this area 👍
Nice place, looks like a great place for a bike ride. Cool.
Good job guys, I like the cycle footage 👍👍👍
Cheers! Made us realise just how unfit we really are, lol.
Stunning scenery - very interesting 👍
It was beautiful, definitely worth returning to in the future.. Thanks for watching 👍
That's very good thanks for posting. You both answered several questions I had about the trail. I wanted to see the Tunnels section mainly - especially the longest section.
I don't have the mobility to explore such places or the Fells etc, and this allows me to do it Virtually.
All the best you two..
Thank you very much for watching and so pleased we could help Hooe you are well 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu You're welcome. For long distances, I drive and/or use my wheelchair, but I'd love to do that one in a proper rough terrain 'Trail Wheelchair'? IS there such a thing?
I have no idea but its really nice to know we can help you in this way to see these great places 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu When my back is OK to travel, my German Shepherd likes to pull me around here and there (to the shops etc). But it would be a good promotion of such tails to open them out more to special chairs. It's not just for cyclists and walkers. I think I'll explore that a bit.
Well from memory there's a carpark at the Buxton end of the trail I think its actually in Blackwell and I believe there's a bit of a sleep slope at the beginning but the rest of the trail is relatively flat so it might be feasible for a wheelchair user 👍
This is amazing mate. Love to see these Lime kilns this was a really nice watch. Massive thumbs up from me again. done a line kiln few month back they are class. top video as always guys. Looks like yous had an amazing day out. 👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you very much, glad u enjoyed it, we had alot of fun putting this one together and it was a really enjoyable day out! ATB Em and Stu 🙂
Great footage as always guys and some lovely shots of that location you looked around. Thank you so much for taking me along with you
ATB GL & HH
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Thank you we are so pleased you enjoyed this video 😊😌😁
im off here in june looking forward to it
Great place to visit 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu ive been wanting to go for a long time
If your interested you will love it 😀
Nice one 😎
Thank you very much, glad u liked it. We had a great day out 🙂
4 questions if you could help that would be great. 1) Is this trail 100% off road? 2) where's the best place to park at the start? 3) where's the best place for some dinner? 4) is it an easy ride doing it there and back in a day no problem? Thinking of cycling it with my wife and 2 kids. great video, love the relaxed approach, we do a lot of cycling close by but would love to get out on off rd easy routes to widen our choices.
Hi there.. I'll answer all you're questions the best we can.. Yes as far as I can remember its all along a bridal path and no road cycling needed.. we park at the pay and display car park just west of Blackwell Mill, its quite popular especially in high season so arrive as early as you can.. Some of the old station buildings along the route are now Cafés where you can get some food or a short ride into Bakewell at the end will give you plenty of food options but we've always taken a packed lunch to be on the safe side.. The whole route is relatively flat with a slight gravely surface in areas so best for either mountain or hybrid bicycles, preferably not thin road tires.. There's always been plenty of young families cycling it when we've been and dispite us not being particularly fit we managed it in an afternoon including stopping for breaks and photos along the way.. Hope that all helps abit, any further questions please feel free to ask. Its a beautiful route and definitely work the effort.. Thanks for watching 😊
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu Brilliant reply, thank you guys, great vid. will get down there on the next sunny Sunday.
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Great wee trip guys and enjoyed the history, Looked like a popular track! What i wanna know is, if you went to bakewell, how did you manage to fit all the tarts into your backpack!? Think i would have needed a trailer behind my bike 😋 Thanks for sharing, Kris.
Well stu can't stand them but we had a van waiting lol... Thank you for watching and glad you enjoyed our videos 😁
Cool video 👌
Thank you very much, we appreciate you taking the time to watch 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu no problem 👌
Nice one guys! Thanks for sharing. Atb James
Cheers James for watching.. looking forward to seeing your Welsh adventures soon 😁
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu I have 6 to post... Part one is up, entering the dragon lol
Now about watch it 👍
Anyone ever said Stu has the eyes of Donald Sutherland? Great video btw!
No they havnt but great actor tho lol 😂😊
As this was double track line in the old days its ashame one side isn't preserved railway for steam trains and the other line the path as a shared route. Im modeling this Midland Railway line in My house probably the most scenic railway line in all of England.
Yes its certainly the most beautiful old train line we've ever been too, would be nice to see steam train running along there again but also retain a path for the walkers 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu There is a similar situation in the United States @ the Western Maryland Scenic Railway. The tracks were kept but later used for Steam and several years later a fence went down the middle and the other side was made available to bikers and walkers. It seems to work out well and no one has ever been injured. As tourist trains run rather slow "if" there was a derailment the odds of any real injuries would be almost next to none unless it was due to someone jumping the fence as a train came. Then we know what could happen then but that would be their fault for trespassing. I'd love to see it happen and the Peak Rail line restored in a similar fashion. The scenery is just breathtakingly gorgeous and would be good for business, tourism, and tax revenue.
Trying to talk my 14 year old son into bikepacking the monsal trail
You really should it's great 👍
@@ExploringWithEmAndStu need to look at how far it is And getting there. Will need to go by train.
Is the trail long enough for us to camp as well?
@@grumpy-dad3701 Obviously everyone is different in terms of fitness and stamina but I wouldn't say the Monsal trail on its own is not going to be anywhere near enough. It's only 8.5 miles. So if you did there and back should take about 3 hours max including stops if you are dawdling. Think you'd have a long day at camp I reckon. You'd be better off combining it with the Tissington trail (13 miles) and/or high peak trai (17.5 miles some of which is shared with the Tissington trail).
What kid of bike is this trail suitable for? Could I do it on a Road Bike
Yer I don't see why now we did see ppl using racing bikes also 🙂
Hello anyone know the postcode for car park? Thanks
I believe this is the one we used.. A6, Buxton SK17 9TE
Monsal?
Yes it is 😊😁👍