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2019.11.20 Start Wharncliffe Side - Green Lane off A6102 Rd (SK299943), up Green / Damsel Lanes, NNW on Storth Lane, Brightholme Lee, FP ~WNW to Morehall Reser & ~W along it's south edge, continue along Broomhead Reser to SK267957, SW thru Foxhill Woods up to & across Rocher Bottom (Rd), ~SW then S up to Walkers Edge (Rd), ~W along rd to SK262951, FP - S / SWW to White Lee Moor (a wood), cont. S on wood edge to & across Penistone Rd (SK250942), ~S (along contour) to SK259937), W down for ~150m, ~SE in OAL in  Rocher Woods (just below rock cliffs) to SK263933, ~W down steps, then FP ~ SE crossing Rocher Hill Brook, cont SE / SSW / E to pass High Bradfield Church, cross Brown House Lane (SK268926), ~ENE to and across past Delf Rd for ~200m, then ~NE thru Brittains Plantation to Ones Acre Rd, ~100m E on rd to Junct., on Onesmoor Bottom (rd) ~400m ESE, on FP ~E to Lumb Bush, ~E above stream crossing it at SK292932, then ~N along wall to Lumb Lane & ~ 20m E along it, cross down Acre Lane, cross Raynor Sike / Owler Gate NW thru Folderings, then ~N down to Glen Howe Park, N / E thru Park joining lanes back to Start. - leaders Margaret Brown & Anne Vickers - Wednesday

in Storth Lane walking from Glen Howe Park toward Brightholme Lee
view looking toward Wharncliffe Woods
part of Brightholmelee - we turned between the first two barns and headed toward More Hall Reservoir
seen just after we passed between the barns
 
heading towards the woods flanking the south side of More Hall Reservoir
looking through the woods at More Hall Reservoir Embankment
Reservoir pretty full. Any reservoir overflow into Ewden Brook then flows into the River Don.
along the south side of More Hall Reservoir
 
 
tea break
 
crossing a side stream entering the More Hall Reservoir
looking at the north bank of More Hall Reservoir
view of the embankment & spillway of Broomhead Reservoir
looking Northeast across the water at Broomhead Reservoir embankment
looking WNW at the moor-side end of Broomhead Reservoir. Broomhead Hall, once at this end, has been long demolished, but the farm remains 
walking westward on the south side of Broomhead Reservoir
climbing up through Foxhill Woods toward Rocher Bottom (Road)
after crossing Rocher Bottom Road, heading further up to Walkers Edge (road)
approaching Walkers Edge
climbing over ladder stile onto Walkers Edge and heading west on the way to the turn-off to White Lee More
looking down from Walkers Edge at Broomhead Reservoir
 
turning off Walkers Edge toward White Lee Moor (actually now a wood)
Pike Lowe at top? Building below?
the disturbed ground is Canyard Hills
approaching White Lee Moor (woods)
leaving White Lee Moor (woods) and crossing Penistone Road
into Open Access Land to west above Rocher Woods / Rocks
 
looking in distance at Win Hill Pike, then Strines Reservoir, then closest Dale Dike Reservoir
zoomed in view as above
descending to take 'path' to our left in OAL in Rocher Woods just below the rock cliffs
 
below the cliffs
 
 
 
 
 
 
leaving a calm secluded spot at the east end of the rock cliffs where we had lunch
we V-turned steeply down steps heading towards designated footpaths lower down
 
 
a glimpse of Agden Reservoir
 
Agden Reservoir with Dale Dike Reservoir behind
High Bradfield - Churchyard & St Nicholas Church
heading up to cross close by Brown House Lane
Heading up towards Delf Road
 

fungi

fungi
heading up from Delf Road towards Brittains Plantation then Ones Acre Road
 
Now in Lumb Bush
Down steps constructed by Sheffield Ramblers 'FIXIT' team of volunteers. This makes descent here far less hazardous
 
leaving Lumb Bush on Footpath north along stonewall to Lumb Lane
zoomed in view of Ones Acre - Hall mentioned in the Doomsday Book
view below of Oughtibridge / Worrall
Wharncliffe Woods at back
seen from Acre Lane
Geese, seen while passing through Folderings Farm, but having an off-day from guard duties?
about to enter Glen Howe Park
in Glen Howe Park
 
 

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