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2018.03.28 - Hathersage, ~N then ~E up to Church, ~NE through Moorseats Wood to Moorseats, ~E then ~NE then ~NW (on 'road') just past Leveret Croft, ~E up to Carhead Rocks, ~ N along top of rocks & down to PC, ~N up to Stanage Edge, ~SSE then SE along St Edge to Trig Point, ~E to & below Upper Burbage Bridge, ~SSE / ~S / ~SE / ~SW on top of Burbage Rocks passing at end Disused Quarry, cross A6187 Rd, turn ~NE in wood to Burbage Brook, follow Brook / Padley Gorge ~SSW just short of Grindleford Station, follow ~W above railway to ~SK246790, ~NNW to Greenwood Farm, path ~ W under rail track down to River Derwent, ~N then ~W along River to B6001 Rd, road ~NNW into Hathersage - leaders Beverley Booker & Stuart Bloom - Wednesday  *part of group continued ~NNE to Hathersage Booth   REV 122

two leaders to right brief the walkers below
 
 
Hathersage Parish Church
 
a house on a short road just after the church
 
 
through Moorseats Wood
fungi on 'dead' wood
 
helipad below Moorseats
Moorseats
view looking SE near Moorseats
 
on 'path' actually a road to Leveret Croft
 
up to Carhead Rocks
view of Mam Tor (to left), Lose Hill & Win Hill to right of centre
looking along Carhead Rocks
 
teabreak
views of Lose & Win Hills again
side view of Higger Tor
From Carhead Rocks view of the south end of Stanage Edge with a Trig Beacon just visible.- Overstones Farm below
 
Brookfield Manor
Stanage Plantation just below Stanage Edge
North Lees
farm adjacent to North Lees
a 'window' in Stanage Edge
 
ascending to Stanage Edge - Carhead Rocks on mound behind
 
 
nearing the top of Stanage Edge
zoomed in view of Hope Cement Plant
zoomed in view of Win Hill with Bamford Moor in front
on Stanage Edge
 
 
 
rock climbers on Stanage Edge
 
view of Over Owler Tor to left with Millstone Edge to right of centre
Overstones Farm now seen from Stanage Edge
 
a Trig Beacon picture (with photographer and one other not in group)
 
lunch break just below Stanage Edge
 
 
to memory of walker Martin Davies
Upper Burbage Bridge
looking down Burbage Brook
Burbage Rocks with path below part of Sheffield Country Walk
on the Edge of Burbage Rocks
rocks leading towards top of disused quarry
looking back along the Burbage Rocks route - part of Stanage Edge is seen raised in distance
in centre there is a footbridge over Burbage Brook on the path up to Carl Wark Fort - this is reputedly a stone Packhorse Bridge but with no safety sides.
streaks are snow / hail blown horizontally
broken & never completed water trough near disused quarry
after crossing A6187 road  we turned towards Burbage Brook
following Burbage Brook
 
now on the side of  'Padley Gorge' with Burbage Brook in the gorge itself
 
 
 
 
houses as we approach (short of) Grindleford Station
Padley Catholic Church (check history on web)
on toward Greenwood Farm
at Greenwood Farm party splits - some going to Hathersage Booths & rest descending toward / under rail track & on to River Derwent and Hathersage 
 
a glance back at Greenwood Farm with Millstone Edge at top of picture
under the Sheffield / Manchester (Hope Valley) rail track
 
River Derwent
 
 
Offerton Moor?
 

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