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2021.04.14 Round Walk - from Hope Station / Roman Rd & Brough Lane intersection only / ~SSW to Bradwell / upper route via Smithy Hill to & along Hope Cement Plant / Pin Dale / Dirtlow Rake / Old Moor / Bushy Hearth Farm / Tideslow Rake / High Rake / short of Great Hucklow / U turn  & via Byway to Little Hucklow / Lower Farm / Green Dale / Hazlebadge Hall / Hill Rake / Bradwell Church / return to Brough & Hope Station on same route - leader Liz Savage - Wednesday - 12 walkers.

1 Lode |Hill

2 Old Hedge Row being trimmed & 'relaid'

3 The Mill near Brough on the Roman Road

4 Another view of the mill's weir with Lose Hill behind in the distance

5 heading from Brough twards Bradwell (the low route not to be confused with Brough Lane leading up to Abney)

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8 Hope Cement Plant to left - Mam Tor behind in centre

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11 Old Mill in front - Lose Hill behind top

12 Hope Cement Plant

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14 nearing Bradwell - Church to left

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17 Bradwell Brook?

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19 climbing up past the White Hart PH on the higher route towards Hope Cement Plant

20 goat close to the PH

21 followed Jeffery Lane / Cranby Road roughly NNW towards Cement Plant

22 looking back

23 on Cranbry Road

24 turning off Cranby Road and continuing on 'foot paths & Bridleways to and past the Cement Plant
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27 Chimney of Cement Plant useful beacon to follow
28 Celandines
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34 tea break outside the Cement plant
35 turned toward Pin Dale shortly after this farm

36 Black Rabbit Cottage at the Start of Pin Dale

37 Pin Dale

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39 after Pin Dale  continued on Dirtlow Rake

40 Old Quarry or Mine - Mam Tor behind at top right

41 Continuing thru gate toward Old Moor

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43 Rowter Farm? - Mam Tor behimd top right

44 Mole Heap - note broken-off limestone chips in soil

45 Rowter Farm again

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47 Hang glider - landed shortly after picture taken

48 dry stone wall - those made of irregular limestone chunks are less stable than walls of flat slate blocks

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50 Primrose

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52 Bushy Hearth Farm (marked on map) - close to Tideslow Rake

53 turning off road towards Tideslow Rake

54 old Dew Pond - livestock now usually drink from potable water supplies

55 part of Tideslow Rake

56 along / above Tideslow Rake

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58 Tideslow Farm

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61 strangely does not mention mining. ( A Rake being a source of minerals)

62 High Rake Mine

63 'control +' to enlarge & read

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66 walking toward 'Windmill' and then to cross the B6049 Road

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69 The Lead Rake West of Great Hucklow - nothing seen other than this sign

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71 Little Hucklow seen from Byway running down from Great Hucklow

72 The Bling Bull PH in Little Hucklow

73 The Byway (a very rough track open for use by all traffic) running down from Great Hucklow - we walked part of its length heading toward Little Hucklow

74 wall repairs

75 heading toward Green Dale - think this is at Lower Farm?

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77 Winhill Pike seen at top left

78 after passing down Green Dale we emerged near Hazlebadge Hall
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81 House decorations seen on entering Bradwell
82 Flag at Bradwell's St Barnabus Church at 'half-mast' - Duke of Edinburgh death.
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84 same lambs on return to Brough

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