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2017.06.07 - 'A walk' car ramble - Longnor, ~ SE to
River Manifold, E then S around Lower Boothlow, cross stream, Hill End Farm,
~ SE 250m below Sheen Head Beacon, ~ ENE to High Sheen Farm, High Close
Farm, Pilsbury, Pilsbury Castle, U turn & climb ~ SE to road then up it,
ladder stile into OAL at ~ SK124637, NW through OAL (cross rd above
Crowdicote & continue in OAL), High Wheeldon, down to bottom of Aldery Cliff
on rd *, Earl Sterndale, Hitter Hill, Parkhouse Hill, Yewtree Grange,
Longnor - leader Liz Savage - Wednesday * (a tired
half of group broke off & returned ~SW via Green Lane to Longnor)
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Ye Olde Chesire Cheese Inn |
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the River Manifold ahead fringed by trees |
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River Manifold |
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a glance back a Langnor? |
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crossing the unnamed stream on our way to Hill End Farm |
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Hill End Farm |
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Barn at Hill End Farm |
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note engraving on lintel on barn |
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another view of Hill End Farm? |
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survey beacon on Sheen Hill - no Public Footpath to it. |
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finding the route to High Sheen Farm |
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Foxgloves on stile on High Sheen Farm |
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no access into High Sheen Farm from gorse covered land seen
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barn on High Sheen Farm |
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Sheen Hill at top |
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view from road before reaching High Close Farm |
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passing through High Close Farm |
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heading down towards Pilsbury[ |
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Broadmeadow Hall - mid 17th century - apparently grade 2
listed building? |
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Broadmeadow Hall |
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The River Dove |
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Pilsbury |
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Broadmeadow Hall again |
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Pilsbury Castle |
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below rock outcrop at Pilsbury Castle |
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disused hay store now redundant with the advance of farming
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starting our U turn |
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Sheen Hill at top |
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grass mowing |
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dew pond just under ladder stile into open access area |
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on the long way through open access land to High Wheeldon |
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High Wheeldon at top |
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Rive Dove below |
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High Wheeldon summit within grasp |
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Earl Sterndale seen from High Wheeldon summit |
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inscription on survey beacon honouring the men from
Derbyshire & Staffordshire who fell in the 2nd World War |
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Aldery Cliff |
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breakaway group returning to Longnor via Greenlane - photos
from here-on not of main group |
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