Rather appropriately this turned out to be a festive walk as unwittingly there was a twinkling of Christmas markets taking place in the vicinity of Cromford that day. It was also a crisp and bright sunny morning that added a winter ambience to proceedings along the way. However, driving down the A6 had me blinded by low sun which seemed to be directly ahead the whole time. After parking in Cromford Meadows, Nellie and I set off along the canal path which was busy with weeken