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2017.08.23 - Fox House, ~ S thru Longshaw Estate to White
Edge Lodge, ~ E up to White Edge & to Lady's Cross & to B6054 Rd, then ~SE
on Rd for ~ 150m, cross Rd & head ~NE to Survey Beacon 395m high, ~NNE on
Brown Edge, down & around Wimble Holme Hill, ~NNW thru Blacka up to
Hathersage Rd @ ~SK283807 nr Piper Hse, ~WNW to Houndkirk Rd & along it to ~
SK275815, follow 'paths' approximately W to Packhorse Bridge over Burbage
Brook then on N side of Carl Wark Fort, continue to below Higger Tor, turn
~SSW to Winyard Nick, Over Owler, Mill Stone Edge, ~ESE to Parking area, ~ E
to cross Burbage Brook then B6521 Rd, go to and around Pond, Longshaw Lodge,
Fox House - Leader Ron Royston - Wednesday
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| a murky start but brightened up fairly quickly |
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| White Edge Lodge |
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| Up to White Edge |
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| Lady's Cross |
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| tea break at Ladies Cross |
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| heading towards the Survey Beacon |
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| group at Survey Beacon |
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| we headed to this cairn |
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| view from cairn |
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| Brown Edge? |
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| Ramblers plaque commemorating W. Noel Norton |
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| Piper House |
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| Houndkirk Hill? |
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| Parsons House near Fox House? |
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| Houndkirk Road |
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| view up and above Burbage Brook valley showing parts of
Stanage Edge |
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| Higger Tor at top seen over Burbage brook valley |
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| descending towards Burbage Brook |
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| Burbage Rock at top running to right |
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| close up of some Burbage Edge rocks |
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| crossing Packhorse Bridge on Burbage Brook. (side walls have
disappeared?) |
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| other walkers coming down Higger Tor |
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| climbing up from Burbage Brook |
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| a stone wall on Carl Wark Fort (apparently not too clear
whether this actually was a defence structure) |
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| part of Higger Tor |
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| Higger Tor behind |
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| a view of Stanage Edge at top |
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| Higger Tor behind |
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| Hope Cement works to left. Rushup Edge top left, Mam Tor
right of centre |
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| presumably Over Owler? |
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| zoomed in to Longshaw Lodge |
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| Old quarry on edge of the Burbage Rocks |
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| Win Hill top centre with Bamford Edge to right. |
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| part of Stanage Edge above woods |
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| down from Over Owler |
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| Mother Cap? |
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| view from Millstone Edge of Leadmill Bridge over the River
Derwent |
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| part of the quarry forming 'Millstone Edge' |
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| zoomed in again to Longshaw Lodge |
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| part of Higger Tor top right. |
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| Burbage Brook near the start of Pudley Gorge |
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| the pond in Longshaw Estate |
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| Higger Tor behind with Carl Wark Fort lower down to right |
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| Mother Cap to left - Over Owler to centre? |
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