Cow bells in the Peak District? It sounded just like the Alps. The heat too was alpine and the fields golden with buttercups in this unfrequented corner of the Hamps Valley.
LOCATION: Twelve miles south of Buxton
START: Grindon village signed from B5053. Car park by church
Grid ref: SK085545 Postcode: ST137TR
DISTANCE: 6.5 miles
GRADE: Moderate
TIME: 3.5 hours
MAP: Explorer OL - White Peak Landranger 119
NOTE: Buttercup fields near Grindon
REFRESHMENTS: Red Lion
EN ROUTE: Rindlestone, Ford
This walk was originally published by
The Manchester Evening News