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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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