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2018.04.01 - Oughtibridge, ~E on Station Lane over River Don & rail track, ~N along railtrack, then ~E past Inds area, ~N thr Mouse Park Gate, stile at SK317952 into Wharncliffe Chase, ~N to Chase Lodge, to then NNW for ~ 150m along Woodhead Rd, ~E thr Smithy Fold & up to Wortley Bank, ~WNW along Bank Lane, cross Woodhead Rd, ~NNW past Wharncliffe Resr (on East side) / cross Rough Lane / under A616 Rd, follow (near rd) path ~W turning NW / N to Finkle Street, ~W under dismantled railway (TPT), ~SW to F B over River Don, ~WSW up to Holly Hall, down to & follow Park Lane (parallel to A616) to cross A616 rd bridge at SK272989, then FP ~ESE / SW to Fox Valley Centre, up to B6088 Rd, at ~SK274984 FP ~S steeply up to Bolsterstone, ~E to Cote Hse / Hollin Edge Height, ~SE down (*circle round lower down), More Hall Lane to A6012 & ~S 200m along, turn ~E along Ewden Brook, cross Road Bridge over River Don, ~S in Wharncliffe Wood (on East side of Holme Farm), rd bridge over rail track at ~SK302947, ~S following above rail track to Station Rd etc - leaders Lynn & Malcom Oxlade - Easter Sunday   *Dragon somewhere here

in park next to Oughtibridge bus stop

in park next to Oughtibridge bus stop

The Cock Inn (see walk on 2018.03.14 for route pictures from this point through Wharncliffe Woods to the stile below)

the stile from Wharncliffe Woods into Wharncliffe Chase

first of two ponds seen in the Chase

Shot zoomed from the Chase towards the 'steelworks' and  Underbank Reservoir. These are both beyond the new Fox Valley Shopping Centre. We passed through this area later on in the walk.

Hounds quartered near the Chase Lodge

pond in Smithy Fold

up to  Wortley Bank & Bank Lane

Cundy Cross

old mile stone with four directions - Manchester, Huddersfield, Rotherham, Sheffield -  but only 3 directions available at intersection - missing road? stone relocated?

Wharncliffe Reservoir

Wharncliffe Reservoir

what birds flew past us? Apparently Greylag Geese.

Moorside Farm seen from our route some way below it

view looking back at Moorside Farm House

crossing Rough Lane and heading through next fields towards the underpass below the A616 road

Farm House near Finkle Street and the Trans Pennine Trail

Station House on the edge of the dismantled railway line

stepping stones below the footbridge. Negotiating the stones (although done on previous walks) appears risky - higher water level and some large gaps between stones

the steel footbridge - apparently replaced an earlier wooden bridge

River Don

up toward Holly Hall

a break for lunch

slight detour to photograph Holy Hall as seen here

Low Lathe?

enamoured? or licking salt?

Underbank Reservoir - fed by the Little Don River.

road bridge over the A616 road (Stocksbridge Bypass)

Fox Valley

seen from footpath going up to Bolsterstone

ditto

detail of window lintels

'gate' at the end of a long climb up from Stocksbridge

Bolsterstone

waiting patiently outside the pub

War Memorial

Bolsterstone Parish Church

More Hall Reservoir

Broomhead Resrevoir (above More Hall Reservoir)

Broomhead reservoir behind

'Upper Rocks' top right of picture

The Wantley Dragon with group

The Wantley Dragon head on.

glimpse of Moor Hall Reservoir Spillway

a sheltered spot

The river Don seen from the bridge crossing it towards Wharncliffe Woods and Holmes Farm

variation in position on several maps referred to - co-ord given earlier in description from GPS trace of walk

rail track seen to right of path back to Station Road Oughtibridge

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