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• 2018.05.06 - Car Ramble - Torside Parking (SK068984), ~W on Longdendale Trail / TPT, at ~SK058980 join south part of Pennine Way, (Torside) Clough Edge, turnj at SK081965 ~E on edge of Wildboar Grain, turn ~S to Bleaklow Head (cairn) (~SK094961), Wain Stones - The Kiss (~SK092959), Leave Pennine Way to go to Bleaklow Hill (~SK106964), Bleaklow Stones (SK115963), ~WNW to Aeroplane Crash Site at ~SK106969 (close to Near Bleaklow Stones), ~NW to Lawrence Edge, follow ~W / ~S to Wildboar Clough & ~SE along it, cross Clough*1 to get to stile over fence at ~SK082977, ~WSW to above East side of Torside Clough, down to informal paths*2, back to Longdendale Trail & Parking Area - Andrew Irwin & Liz Savage - Sunday

  *1-choose safe spot higher up stream and return on bank to stile?

  *2-care required descending & following informal paths (maps of 'open access land' often do not show them - or safe access points)

          Good navigational skills needed in moor land particularly if visibility is poor - GPS useful if landmarks ahead cannot be seen or identified

dinghy sailors waiting for some wind before launching their boats into Torside Reservoir

On the Longdendale Trail walking to The Pennine Way - part of it is on the top edge of Torside Clough seen at the back of foto.

disused quarry behind Crowden on the far side of Torside Reservoir

Torside Clough

on The Pennine Way

looking up Torside Clough

zoomed shot - but not too sure where?

branching off Torside Clough to follow Pennine Way along edge of Wildboar Grains

looking down Widboar Grains

the cairn at Bleaklow Head

The Wain Stones (also known as the Kissing Stones)

Posing for their photograph?

blending in with the weather worn boulders

a zoomed in distant shot

fungi

a lonely fir tree

Bleaklow Stones

Grinah Stones seen from Bleaklow Stones

an animal's head - but which one?

The Anvil

moss close up?

a seal?

crash site

rubble dams to stop erosion

Woodhead Reservoir behind crossed by the A628 road

Torside Reservoir with Rhodeswood reservoir just below it

nearing Wildboar Clough

walking along the edge of Wildboar Clough

descending through heather to the informal paths on the East side of Torside Clough

Torside Clough to left (West) - Torside Reservoir in view

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