There is a place to park in Perry Dale halfway between Peak Forest and Perryfoot opposite the driveway leading to Slacksdale Farm. It was a easy walk from here to the top of Gautries Hill, up the road a bit, through the woods on a footpath and then up across a big field full of sheep. I got back to where I parked cutting directly across the stragely empty fields to Nether Barn. I went down the road a bit then through a gate ad up a track to the west ed of a narrow strip of woodland halfway up Eldon Hill. On past the sinister gash that is Eldon Hole and so up Eldon Hill. A few sheep around. No cows. And no people. It had looked busy driving through Castleton but up here it was only me. Walking down towards Old Dam I saw where all the cows were, cooped up in barns still. I did see a young calf in a field by the village with some goats for friends. And coming out the village back towards my parked car a couple of llamas. Llamas 2, cows 1. A rare win for team llama
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