29th January 2017: Not the best weather, donned the wet gear and set off up the hill to Charterhouse. Walked from Velvet Bottom, towards Longwood, then over to Piney Sleight.
Over the years stone has been cleared from fields and now fills small depressions, many with hawthorn growth.
Emmet butts in the rain. There is an accumulation of ant hills in this spot, perhaps the soil conditions are, particularly suitable here.
For a brief moment, the rain ceased and the low cloud lifted to give a fine view of the gorge.
Met some local browsers along the path, they kept a watchful eye on the dog.
The cliff top path on the west side of the gorge is suffering from footfall and is very eroded in places.
