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2017.10.15 Fairholmes, ~ N up east side of Derwent & Howden Resers, branch off ~NNE up Howden Clough then east to ~SK180936, traverse below Howden Edge to / then up south side of Sandy Lee Clough to just below Margery Hill, then continuing through untracked moorland* ~E to ~SK198956, head direct towards Pike Lowe (crossing stream just below Candlebush Dike), follow gradual ridge ~SE/E/NNE down to SK223980, Ewden Heights, Mortimer Road - cross to FP (just south), follow FP through Salt Springs wood / Millstones, Wind Hill Knoll, Adventure Centre at Underbank Reser, its embankment, Stocksbridge. Leader Chris Dauris - Wednesday - *(good navigation skills required, to avoid labyrinth of streams, & good weather) 

leaders briefing on walk

Derwent Reservoir dam wall

Derwent Reservoir dam wall

upstream of Derwent Reservoir dam wall

sheep grazing on new grass shoots growing where water has been drawn down

looking up Derwent Reservoir

looking across Derwent Reservoir

looking down Derwent Reservoir - two 'towers' just visible

looking up Derwent Reservoir

Howden Hydro-Hydro power scheme

note on Hydro scheme

upstream of Howden Reservoir

branching off on Footpath above Howden Clough

stream below in Howden Clough

small dam in Howden Clough

traversing below Howden Edge

looking down at Canberry Clough (another access route up to Howden Edge

Canberry Clough again

looking southward towards Lose Hill

climbing up on the edge of Sandy Lee Clough

the remnants of heather - pinker than expected?

the valley taking Ewden Beck towards Broomhead Reservoir

last climb up Candlebrush Edge up to Pike Lowe

Cairn at Pike Lowe - seems to have been partly demolished?

Langsett Reservoir below with 'wind farms' behind

passing disused military target area

Broomhead Reservoir

Midhope Reservoir behind

approaching Mortimer Road

approaching Mortimer Road

on footpath across Mortimer Road

Footpath passes through Salter woods

down from Wind Hill Knoll

nasty barbed wire near stile

fishing near Underbank Reservoir embankment - possibly some competition?

not too clear how fishing platforms are placed and access got to them?

Underbank Reservoir embankment

spillway

Unliven Bridge under repair

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