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2017.08.02 - Bus - Buxton Town Hall to Cat & Fiddle PH*1 on A537, ~ S then SE through Danebower Hollow, cross A54 & follow River Dane ~ S to Panniers Pool (Three Shires Heads*2), Track towards Orchard Farm but circle on South around farm and take Dane Valley Way ~ NNE through Dane Head to & across A54, ~ N up to track (old Macclesfield road?) and ~ E into Burbage, follow B5059 & turn up East side of Pavilion Gardens, Town Hall - leaders Janice Burton & Val Coleman - Wednesday.  (*1 PH closed down?) , (*2 - Derbyshire, Staffordshire, and Cheshire)

morning coffee waiting for the bus to the Cat & Fiddle Public House - the walk start point

crossing the A54 road - no pictures taken from the Cat & Fiddle to this point as too much rain & wind

Zig zag ing across the road to avoid climbing over crash barrier

lead smelting chimney? (fairly close to the disused Danebower quarries)

towards then along the River Dane

looking back up the River Dane - spoil heaps from the disused quarries at back

rain spots

on the footbridge across the River Dane at Three Shires Head

looking downstream from the bridge

heading up toward Orchard Farm

about to cross the A54 road

Buxton visible in the mist below

going down the old track / road which also goes up to the Cat & Fiddle PH

into Burbage

bracket fungus on dead tree

Milnthorp Homes

skirting the Pavilion Gardens

farewell to our leaders

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