Sheepwash Car Park Carsington Reservoir - Carsington - Carsington Pastures - Brassington - High Peak Trail - Harborough Rocks - High Peak Trail - Carsington Pastures - Carsington - Sheepwash Car Park Carsington Reservoir.

Today started of quite sunny and dry but turned out to be quite a winters day. From the Sheepwash Car Park at Carsington Reservoir I walked through the woods alongside the reservoir and saw many birds including Great Tit, Blue Tit, Coal Tit, Long Tailed Tit, Nuthatch, Goldfinch, Siskin, Robin, Kestrel, as well as many ducks and geese. Then I crossed the B5035 to the village of Carsington. As I left the village and started to cross Carsington Pastures thats when it started to sleet and then hail and eventually snow. It was almost a white out as I could not see where I was heading for. During the rest of the walk it snowed for much of the time but there were brief intervals of sun. Arrived in Brassington eventually and then carried on to the High Peak Trail and Harborough Rocks. There as a group of children visiting the area at the same time. Took a few wintery photographs at the summit before viewing a cave at the base of the rocks. Returned to Carsington via the Pastures where there were good views to the reservoir.