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2015.08.09 - Edale Station, Pennine Way to Upper Booth, Crowden Clough, across Kinder Scout (short of Kinder Downfall), top of Fair Brook, Kinder North Edges (Seal & Blackden), Mad Woman's Stones, Rowland Cote Moor, below Ringing Roger, The Nab, Ollerbrook Clough & Booth, Edale Station - leader John Taylor - Sunday   

party joined at Edale by couple from Knutsford
a last pint before starting the Pennine Way
Mam Tor across the Vale of Edale
Lose Hill also across the vale
 
 
 
 
 
Upper Booth
summer frolic in Crowden Brook
 
 
Belted Galloways - a beef breed from south west Scotland
10 in party - 2 'snappers' in addition to those on bridge
 
 
'Crowden Tower' - visible top left
 
Rushup Edge seen from Crowden Clough across vale
 
 
party split here - most going up rocky clough bed others taking path on left side of valley
up the rocks
on path on valley side
 
 
closer to Crowden Tower
 
 
two groups converge at top of clough
tea break
 

 
 
into Kinder Scout
 
 
 
 
 
 
Kinder Gates
 
2 of party broke off to Kinder Downfall - rest continued to Fair Brook 
tough terrain to cross towards Fair Brook
top of Fair Brook - Woodlands valley below
2 of 3 of another group of Ramblers briefly met here
 
along Kinders northern edge
a first view of Oyster Clough seen down Fair Brook
 
Fairbrook Naze to right
alonge the Northern Edge of Kinder
 
Woodland Valley
Upper House farm to right - Oyster Clough behind
 
view down upper part of  Blackden Clough
lower end of Blackden Clough
 
 
 
Oyster Clough
Hayridge Farm?
Hayridge Farm? Alport Dale behind
Alport Castles - the 'Tower' is visible below
 
Mad Woman's Stones
 
Lose Hill
Win Hill
 
Mam Tor
 
 
Win Hill - road & railway into Vale of Edale below
 
A glimpse of Ladybower Reservoir with Ashopton Viaduct   
 
 
 
 
 
Grindsbrook Clough
 
Win Hill & Lose Hill
 
tasty caterpillars for dinner?
descending lower part of Ollerbrook Clough
 
Grindslow Knoll
 
looking up Ollerbrook Clough (which we came down)

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