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2018.03.21 - Fox House or Longshaw Lodge, ~NW thr woods below A6187 Rd, ~NE above Quarry (dis), ~NNW top of Burbage Rocks, cross rd & Upper B Bridge then ~W to / up to Stanage Edge, along Edge*1, down Long Causeway (Byway) to top of Dennis Knoll, ~300m E on Rd, FP ~S Green's House then Bronte Cottage, ~S towards Hathersage*2, at ~SK232825 branch ~SSE towards Church, before Church ~E to Toothill Farm, FP / Rd / FP to FB / Mitchell Field, ~E thru M Field / across Rd & up then ~SSW to / along top of Millstone Edge, ~ESE to Rd & ~100m along it, ~E to FB across Burbage Brook, Pond, Longshaw Lodge / Fox House - leaders Margaret Brown & Anne Vickers - Wednesday

*1 - Intention to turn down from Edge to PC on road (above North Lees) was stopped by slippery snow / ice on path and party thus continued on to the byway to Dennis Knoll,

*2 Main group continued / rejoined originally planned walk (shown above) - some did shorter walk to Hathersage em-bussing there

leaving Fox House bus stop

zoomed into pond on Longshaw Estate - we passed it near the end of the walk

leaders briefing outside the cafe on NT Longshaw Estate

on path below the A6187 road

heading up to the edge of the disused quarry

a water trough apparently cracked during manufacture and never completed

looking through a gap in the quarry face into the valley through which Burbage Brook runs

Cadl Wark Fort - middle left. Higger Tor at top

still behind the disused quarry

the front of the party heading to Burbage Edge

the groups tail leaving the quarry

waiting for the group's tail

reassembling before setting out on Burbage Edge

looking for shelter from the cold wind to have a tea break

approaching Upper Burbage Bridge (arch just visible)

looking down the course of Burbage Brook

climbing up to Stanage Edge

looking back toward Upper Burbage Bridge in mid left of picture

looking down toward Mitchell Field?

Survey Beacon on Stanage Edge

Hope Cement Plant mid left. Rushup Edge. Mam Tor. Lose Hill. Win Hill, Bamford Edge. Kinder Plateaux behind

Robin Hood's Cave just below this part of Stanage Edge

Stanage Plantation

descending Long Causeway (a Byway) towards Dennis Knoll

stopping for lunch break

approaching Dennis Knoll

looking across at Stanage Edge

mound to right - Carhead Rocks?

sheep seen just before reaching Green's House

leaving Green's House

North Lees

Hathersage Parish Church

near Toothill Farm house

building on edge of Mitchell Field

footbridge just visible bottom left

starting across Mitchell Field

Callow ruins?

Higger Tor at top

Higger Tor zoomed into here and next picture

youth group supervised scrambling up Higger Tot

passing below Over Owler Tor on way to edge of Millstone Edge

unthreatening Highland cattle disinterested in walkers passing nearby

top belay for rock climber unseen on Millstone Edge below

Mother Cap?

down from Millstone Edge

gully from road heading to a footbridge over Burbage Brook

passing the pond on the way back towards Longshaw Lodge