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2018.08.15 Silkstone Common Railway Stn, ~S for ~250m on Rd, ~WSW for ~200m on T P Trail, FP ~S to Knabbe's Hall Farm, pass Hadley Hse, cross Coates Lane (B6449) at ~SE288031, FP ~SSE then SSW past Pule Hill Hall, ~SE to Thurgoland & SSW to cross B6462 rd at ~SE287012, ~SSW (crossing TPT) to Huthwaite Hall, ~ESE to PH (Bridge Inn), follow River Don on North side (on informal path below TPT), FP ~SSE to join TPT at ~SK299994, TPT ~ S / SE to unnamed pond (~SK298981), SW/ W to Wharnside Crags, Upper Rocks, Wharncliffe Lodge, track thru Wharncliffe Chase ~SE/ENE/SSE to exit W. Chase at ~SK317952, ~S / SSE on Mouse Park Gate, cross Oughtibridge Lane at ~SK314934, ~SSE along East edge of Great Hollins & Beeley Wood(s)*, some of party ended at Niagara Weir (on Clay Wheels Lane) others at Middlewood - leader Mike West - Wednesday * photographer left walk here
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Knabbes Hall |
stone roof in need of repair - weather damage inside? |
an abundance of blackberries |
tea break |
one of three power stations visible on the skyline |
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at Thurgoland |
wheat awaiting harvest? |
Huthwaite Hall |
Huthwaite Lodge? |
back of Huthwaite House |
front of Huthwaite House |
road kill |
The Bridge Inn - we followed River Don - to our left |
informal path along the River Don |
fishing ponds on far side of the River Don |
On the Trans Pennine Trail heading up towards the unnamed pond. The buildings here were probably built at the time of the railway - some dated 1888. |
unnamed pond |
unnamed dog entertains us |
bank north of the Stocksbridge Bypass |
remnants of Stocksbridge steelworks |
Deepcar to left |
heather |
top of Wharncliffe Crags |
walking below Upper Rock? |
More Hall Reservoir in front - Broomhead Reservoir behind |
Wharncliffe Lodge to righr |
Wharncliffe Lodge (north end) |
stile we took exiting from Wharncliffe Chase |
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end of Beeley Wood |
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