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2018.11.25 - Ladybower Inn (PH at SK 205865), ~ 250m W on A57 Rd, turn ~S over A6013 viaduct & rd, W across Ladybower Reser. embankmemt, ~150m N along Reser, ~NW on FP into woods for ~300m, V-turn ~S for ~700m then ~W up to Winhill Pike (trig beacon), ~W to Hope Brink ~NNW to Hope Cross (SK161874) & ~300m beyond, BW ~SW to  V cross Jaggers Clough, ~WSW to pass N of Clough Farm, continue toward Lady Booth Brook, NNW to cross brook to Rowland Cote (now Youth Hostel), permissive FP & FP to Ollerbrook Farm, FP ~WSW across Grinds Brook to rd, ~S to pass beyond Edale Stn, zig zag West at rd then ~S on 'BW' to Hardanclough Farm and beyond, cross brook to East then ~S through Greenlands continuing to & up rd below Mam Tor, ~E toward but short of  Blue John Cavern, ~N down Land Slipped rd then V turn on rd (well before Mam Farm) continuing to Odin Mine, turn off ~ESE past Knowlegates Farm, along Odin Brook then to A6187 rd into Castleton - leaders Andrew Irwin & Liz Savage - Sunday - about 12.5miles

viaduct on A6013 road which we crossed

looking toward Ladybower Reservoir embankment which we crossed later

looking towards Ashopton Viaduct with Crook Hill behind

as above

close up view of Ashopton Viaduct - with low water level large depth of piers are visible

one of two bellmouth shaft spillways on the embankment

drawdown shaft?

works below the embankment

we walked ~ north past this spillway.

in the woods on paths leading up to Winhill Pike

Trig. beacon on top of Winhill Pike

Hope cross - we continued through gate and turned left further on down bridleway to Jaggers Clough

Backside Wood

crossing Jaggers Clough

view across Vale of Edale at farm near bottom of Lose Hill

take the narrow path branching off the wider path to get above Clough Farm (wider path leads down to Edale Road)

Nether Booth

approaching - Edales Youth hostel

along Lady Booth Brook before crossing to Youth Hostel

Lady Booth Brook

relic of what earlier building incorporated?

Edale's Youth Hostel

road up to Youth Hostel - lose Hill across valley

zoomed into houses above in front of the railway track

Trans Pennine Express

Grinds Brook

up from Edale towards Mam Tor

Mam Tor ahead to left

looking down from base of Mam Tor

Hope Cement Plant zoomed into through the gloom

lone paraglider in the mist

starting down toward the land-slipped road

Mam Tor frontal

lower portion of land slipped road still gives access to lower farms

lone paraglider zoomed into as he lands

Signpost on landslipped road - to Chapel en le Firth and Sheffield

Mam Tor again

Mam Tor - the Mother Hill

description of land slipped road and its history and causes of the slippages

Odin Mine

relics of the ore crushing system

down towards Castleton

glance back at Mam Tor

Winnats Pass

Peveril Castle above cavern

trees fallen over Odin Sitch

closer in to Peveril Castle

 

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