Secret Hills Walking Holidays

The Limestone Way

Location:	Derbyshire Dales
From:	12th June 2010
Days:	5
Nights:	5
Price:	£505

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The Derbyshire Dales

– great walking country, with it’s lovely rivers and limestone uplands. Secret Hills Walking programme is designed to give the walker the best of this white peak country - and we have chosen some fabulous walks for you. The walking is moderate – some climbing but never severe.There is a variety about the walks too. We walk in the valleys, where rivers bubble along, and across the moors, all in a couple of hours - and there is a changing scene at every turn. Your walk leaders love this upland landscape, and they will help you understand its history and culture.

The Limestone Way

The Limestone Way , from Matlock to Castleton, celebrates all that is good about the Derbyshire Dales - water on stone, great villages, upland spendour, and those special valleys that always enchant. Walks are 10/11 miles per day - moderate grade, taken at a steady pace. A pub or packed lunch, tea at the end - and a social feel to the walking day. We may transport you to the walk start, or bring you back from the walk finish We keep the group size to a manageable level - don’t expect 20 on a walk. We take plenty of breaks to admire the scenery.

We stay at Hartington at the Charles Cotton Hotel for all of our walking breaks - a village and hotel steeped in walking tradition, and geared to walking needs. Its village centre has two excellent pubs, a cheese shop, several cafes, and shops to buy that present and those postcards. We use the Charles Cotton Hotel as our first base, supplemented by excellent country guest houses, chosen by us for the warmth of welcome, comfort, en suite facilities, and most importantly, the ability to help walkers dry clothes and boots should it rain. All rooms are en suite AND they offer a no single supplement policy,helping us fulfil a major promise in our company mission - NO SINGLE SUPPLEMENTS. The Charles Cotton has been a hotel for 275 years, but has undergone a complete refurbishment in the last two years, under new ownership. Rooms are spacious and tastefully decorated. The hotel is shown below. We transport you to walk start and walk finish each day.

Food

Lunch is taken at country pubs and cafes - where you will get a welcome and good hearty lunch time food./or is packed. Breakfast at the Charles Cotton Hotel and all our Country Guest Houses are excellent - plenty of cereals and fruit, a hearty cooked breakfast, or simply a light option, We eat either at the Charles Cotton Hotel or The Devonshire Arms in the village - we have chosen them because they offer excellent value for money, and tasty food from an extensive choice on their menu’s. Your tariff is for two courses from three - but with quite large portions, this will sustain you. You certainly won’t go hungry.

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