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2018.10.21 - High Bradfield, ~W past PH (Old Horns Inn) & FP behind Church, down ~N then W to cross Rocher End Brook, FP ~NW below Rocher Woods to Rocher Head & to Rd Junct, FP ~NW thru Cowell Flat to Mortimer Rd / B.Way Dukes Road & follow ~ W to ~ SK228949, ~500m thru moor land to Grouse Butt track & N to Shooting Lodge, track ~NE to Moor Side then ~ENE, & FP ~SE to Mortimer Rd, ~50m N on M. Rd & turn E into entrance Broomhead 'Hall', follow FP thru B. Farm to Allas Lane, ~ENE on it for ~400m & branch off ~E on track thru Wigtwizzle short of New Road / Broomhead Reservoir, up ~SSW through Wigtwizzle to OAL boundary Canyard Hills, anti-clockwise on boundary (past farm house) to enter OAL at ~ SK246950?, thru OAL to cnr Penistone rd & Load Field Rd, ~E for ~400m on Pen' Rd to climb S over ladder stile, take FP & unmarked track looping above Rocher Woods (Rocks) which rejoins Pen' Rd at ~SK266934, walk on road ~SE then ~S into High Bradfield - leaders Lyn & Malcolm Oxlade - Sunday
from the High Bradfield bus stop - about to pass Old Horn's Inn |
we passed to the right of the Church |
picture of church taken before walk start as seen from the Low |Bradfield side |
Agden Reservoir close to us with Dale Dike reservoir behind |
crossing Rocher End Brook |
walking at the bottom of Rocher Woods |
Rocher Rocks at top (unmarked on maps) seen above Rocher Woods |
heading towards the roads (near junctions (Load Field Road, Small Field Road, Agden Side Road |
looking back at Rocher Woods and Rocks |
On Agden Side Road - path ahead to right onto Cowell Flat but muddy access also possible from Load Field Road |
Agden Dike seen from Dukes Road |
morning tea break near Hurkling Stones? |
as above |
zoomed in view to north - which power plant cooling towers visible in distance? |
view of Agden Reservoir with Damflask Reservoir behind? |
crossing through moor land to Grouse Butt Track |
on Grouse Butt Track |
Ewden Beck |
Shooting Lodge |
taking a short cut - leaving & rejoining track |
seen across Ewden Beck |
Bilberry bushes alongside track? |
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farm close to Mortimer Road |
Mortimer Road & farm in distance |
a glimpse across Mortimer Road of access road into Broomhead 'Hall' - hall is actually demolished now only farm buildings |
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this hollowed out tree is on Foot Path turning off North from tarred access to 'Hall' |
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general view of tree - probably wont survive too many more gales |
Broomhead Reservoit with More Hall Reservoir in distance |
looking behind at Farm House etc - no 'Hall' in view |
leaving Broomhead Farm / Park over stile onto Allas Road |
~ENE along Allas Road |
~E into Wigtwizzle |
~SSW through Wigtwizzle |
nearing northern boundary of Canyard Hills Open Access Land |
farm abutting Canyard Hills Open Access Land |
In Canyard Hills - Broomhead Reservoir in view |
heading toward junction Penistone Rd & Load Field Rd |
stile from Penistone Road - White Lee Moor behind |
looking back at Rocher Rocks |
looking from top of Rocher Rocks across Rocher Woods at Agden Reservoir |
passing top of Rocher End Brook |
Agden Reservoir with Dale Dike Reservoir behind |
cattle along Penistone Road |
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refreshments at Old Horns Inn our start point |
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