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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)

Ye Olde Chesire Cheese Inn
the River Manifold ahead fringed by trees
River Manifold
 
 
 
 
 
a glance back a Langnor?
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
crossing the unnamed stream on our way to Hill End Farm
 
Hill End Farm
 
Barn at Hill End Farm
note engraving on lintel on barn
another view of Hill End Farm?
survey beacon on Sheen Hill - no Public Footpath to it.
 
 
finding the route to High Sheen Farm
 
Foxgloves on stile on High Sheen Farm
no access into High Sheen Farm from gorse covered land seen here
barn on High Sheen Farm
Sheen Hill at top
view from road before reaching High Close Farm
passing through High Close Farm
 
heading down towards Pilsbury[
Broadmeadow Hall - mid 17th century - apparently grade 2 listed building?
Broadmeadow Hall
The River Dove
Pilsbury
Broadmeadow Hall again
Pilsbury Castle
below rock outcrop at Pilsbury Castle
disused hay store now redundant with the advance of farming methods
starting our U turn
Sheen Hill at top
grass mowing
dew pond just under ladder stile into open access area
on the long way through open access land to High Wheeldon
 
 
High Wheeldon at top
 
 
Rive Dove below
 
 
 
 
 
High Wheeldon summit within grasp
Earl Sterndale seen from High Wheeldon summit
 
 
inscription on survey beacon honouring the men from Derbyshire & Staffordshire who fell in the 2nd World War
Aldery Cliff
 
breakaway group returning to Longnor via Greenlane - photos from here-on not of main group
 
 
 
 
 

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