Wednesday February 11th
Eyam to Abney Celebrating our wedding anniversary with a pleasant breakfast of scrambled eggs at the Village Green cafe in Eyam, set us up for a walk to Abney. At the start Mompesson's Well, named after the vicar of Eyam during the plague, is worth revisiting. At Mompesson's Well After this we struck out for open country across Eyam Moor, eventually going downhill to Stoke Ford. Crossing Eyam Moor with clouds below Mud was the order of the day as well as disintegrating footbridges, but we crossed Bretton Brook and towards Abney Clough to reach Abney village itself. David thought that he recognised the place that he camped with the scouts back in 1968. The village of Abney consists of a few houses and this was our first visit together, although it's unlikely that David visited in 1968. We stopped on the way to Nether Bretton to rest and have our lunch on a convenient woodland bench before the muddy ascent to Cockey Farm. Down again to cross the river again and then the wal...