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2016.08.28 - Fairholmes, Lockerbrook Outdoor Centre, Rowlee Pasture, ~ 1/2km short of Alport Castles, down to Alport Farm, Hayridge Farm, Blackden View Farm, cross end of Oyster Clough, next to woods (part of Roman Rd), through woods down to A57 Rd, & along it to Snake Inn, through woods & across River Ashop, up Fair Brook, Seal Edge / North Kinder path, cut across moor (no path) to top of Blackden Clough, ~ 10 minutes South across moors to S Kinder Edge, Nether Tor?, The Nab, Grindsbrook Booth, Edale - leader Andrew Irwin

 
Canal drawn from River Ashop which discharges into the Derwent Reservoir. Route not too clear - how & where does it cross the A57 Road?
Lockerbrook Farm Outdoor Centre
 
 
seen from Rowlee Pastures - Lose Hill, Back Tor, (Hollins Cross), Mam Tor
zoomed into Blackden Clough
Newlands Valley with the A57 Road to Manchester
Rowlee farm with the Canal leading to the Derwent Reservoir on the embankment?
approaching Alport Castles
River Alport valley upstream of Alport castles
The Tower - framed in notch
The Tower as above
 
The Tower to left, The Castles to right
durable Footpath sign
down to Alport Farm
close up of Alport Farm
Alport Castle and the Tower on the skyline
 
 
Alport Castle with The Tower in front
following ancient hedgerow from Alport Farm towards Hayridge farm
 
approaching Hayridge Farm
view of Blackden Clough
Kinder seen across the River Ashop and the A57 Road
a view across the River Ashop of Fair Brook - which is approached in a circuitous route as no convenient direct footpath
the mouth of Oyster Clough in view
 
 
the wood behind the Snake Inn. Part of Roman Road here
bee hives close to A57 road
Snake Inn
 
footbridge crossing River Ashop
upstream of bridge
High Peak a National Trust area
Fair Brook in front joins River Ashop to left. Sheep pens across Fair
view up Fair Brook
side stream into Fair Brook
 
Ponds in brooks deepened by adding a 'stone wall'. A new recreation activity of descending in wetsuits and hard hats has started
 
bracket fungi on dead tree near brook
looking down Fair Brook
 
the top section of Fair Brook
a cake of scum rotating in the stream
 
A fence to keep sheep off the top of Kinder - see note below
 
 
grass has proliferated with fencing mentioned earlier
 
 
fungi growing from a crack in a rock - the largest piece about 40mm
looking down Blackden Clough
part of the ~ 10 minute crossing to the South edge of Kinder
Hope Cement Plant behind the Lose Hill  - Mam Tor 'ridge'
 
Vale of Edale
 
Winhill Pike behind with Lose Hill to right
Grindslow Knoll? top left
Paragliders around Mam Tor

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