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2019.12.29 A part Circuit of Kinder Scout - Edale Station SK123854, ~N on rd thru village to FB (beyond PH) over Grinds Brook at SK122862, FP ~N (slightly East) up to gate in OAL, ZZ up to The Nab, ~N passing to West below Ringing Roger* up to path on South edge of Kinder at SK125876, ~W along path to ~ SK118877, N (slightly West) across to & continuing ~N on edge of Blackden Moor, circle ~W to follow along Seal Edge, follow edge ~ WNW to cross Fair Brook at SK093891, V turn ~NNE along edge of Fairbrook Naze, V turn to West along The Edge, to about 300m short of the Pennine Way, ~S thru airplane crash sites to join Pennine Way at SK070896 and follow along Edge ~ ESE to Kinder Downfall, follow 'river / FP (as marked on map) ~E then SSE to SK089883, leave path ~S thru moor land for ~800m, then circle to East to cross Crowden Brook on south edge of Kinder, follow Edge ~E toward Grindslow Knoll, but at SK 103871 cut ~ESE / S / E below The Knoll to join main track ~SE then ~S then E to the PH at Grindsbrook Booth, return on road to Edale Station (vainly hoping trains will run as Scheduled?) - leader Andrew Irwin - Sunday. (route as done about 22km). *most scrabbled up Ringing Roger but rejoined party at Kinder edge)

on the side of the road from Edale Station through the village towards Kinder Scout

Edale's Parish Church

passing The Old Nags Head (public House)

House almost opposite to turnoff down to Footbridge over Grinds Brook

up from the footbridge

looking across the Vale of Edale at Mam Tor at left and Rushup edge to its right. The nick between them takes small road from Castleton to Edale (no bus link)

up towards The Nab

heading toward Kinder Scout from The Nab - but most diverted to right to scramble over Ringing Roger before continuing up to Kinder Scout

photo from the 'lower' path up to Kinder of the party 'scrambling' up Ringing Roger before continuing to Kinder

on the lower path - Ringing Roger to its right

foto from the southern edge of Kinder back at some of the party on the top of Ringing Roger

Party united on the southern edge of Kinder soon stopped for a tea break

Westward on Kinders Southern edge 'path'. Most paths on Kinder (in Open Access Land) are not defined as Public Footpaths and only faintly marked on maps

turning off the 'edge' path thru moorland toward the top of Blackden Clough

with conservation efforts over the past 7 odd years - eroded gullies dammed to trap soil - many of gullies have filled up and vegetation has grown on recovered land.on top of Kinder

seen from northern Edge - but what?

looking down one of the gullies running into Blackden Clough

Blackden Clough - top of clough at stones top left?

another view down Blackden Clough

Upper House Farm just above the A57 road with Oyster Clough behind

Snake Inn on the A57 road

Snake Inn to left - Upper house Farm to right. Fair Brook is in the cleft lower left of foto. Patchwoork on moorland probably from controlled burning

Fairbrook Naze top right. Fairbrook runs infront of it beneath

Fair Brook 'valley' in middle of picture - path alongside brook just visible to left of picture

deep face of peat

close to the top of Fair Brooks 'valley'. Fairbrook Naze on the far side

descending towards Fair Brook

crossing Fair Brook near its top

heading toward Fairbrook Naze

part of Snake Path? top left seen from Fairbrook Naze / The Edge

lunch break close to Fairbrook Naze - below edge sheltering from the wind

Zoomed in from Fairbrook Naze - not easy to identify features at different levels? (ideally camera should self record its position and the direction of shot)