The paths climb steadily but gently, and suddenly I am 40 metres above the dene, the river now an indistinct line narrowing its way between ornamental rocks and bluffs far below; I overlook a valley full of native and exotic trees, along with apple and pear trees.
The young Prue's recreation is to sit on the bluff below her father's distillery and think about this.
From this pedestrianised thoroughfare, it is a short walk to the city's most atmospheric street, the narrow, cobbled Steingasse, which lies at the foot of the rocky bluff below the Capuchin monastery.
The view north from Monsal Head - the bluff below which the river bends - combines all the best features of the Derbyshire Peak: limestone farmhouses with fields separated by limestone walls, steep slopes which race up to a skyline and the mottled green of grass, gorse, heather and trees.
At least that's what officials at Yushan National Park in central Taiwan are hoping, after constructing a two-storey steel-framed solar-powered lodge on a narrow bluff below the park's eponymous mountain, the 3,952m coxcomb-peaked Yushan.
Nestled on the bluff below the Boom, The Garden of Peace & Love had been there the whole time.
Ahead lies Hay Bluff and below it Hay-on-Wye.
We crested a bluff and below us spread a huge and ancient amphitheater ablaze with lights and packed with 14,000 spectators.
The state announced the new steps near Malibu Colony Beach, which allow people to descend a 30-foot bluff into the sands below, on Tuesday.
Below are sandstone bluffs and kelp-wracked beaches reeking of forbidden things.
